{"product_id":"9781399806176","title":"The Rebel and the Kingdom : The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime by Bradley Hope","description":"Propulsive . . . Deeply reported and novelistic. I flew through it' Ed Caesar'Jaw dropping even for North Korea . . . A terrific piece of up-close reportage that reads like a spy thriller but is all too real' Anna FifieldHOW   DID A COLLEGE KID BECOME A GLOBAL FUGITIVE?In the early 2000s, Adrian Hong was a   soft-spoken Yale undergraduate looking for his place in the world. After   reading a harrowing account of life inside North Korea, he realised he had   found a cause to which he could devote his life. Hong journeyed to China, outwitting   Chinese security services as he helped ferry asylum-seeking North Korean   escapees to safety. Meanwhile, Hong's secret organization, Cheollima Civil   Defense (later renamed Free Joseon), began tracking the North Korean   government's activities, and its volatile ruler, Kim Jong-un. Free Joseon targeted North Korean   diplomats who might be persuaded to defect, while drawing up plans for a   government-in-exile. After the shocking broad-daylight assassination in 2017   of Kim Jong-nam, the dictator's older brother, Hong, along with US Marine   veteran Christopher Ahn, helped ferry Jong-nam's family to safety. Then Hong   took the group a step further. He initiated- a series of -high-stakes direct   actions, culminating in -an armed- raid at the North Korean embassy in Madrid   - an act that would put Ahn behind bars and turn Hong into one of the world's   most unlikely global fugitives.   The Rebel and the Kingdom is an exhilarating account of how a trip down the   safe and well-worn path of activism soon morphed into something extremely   dangerous. Acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Bradley Hope   - who broke numerous details of Hong's operations in- the Wall Street   Journal -reveals his remarkable story of idealism and insanity, hubris   and heroism, all set within the secret battle for the future of the world's   most mysterious and unsettling nation.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312276877685,"sku":"9781399806176","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399806176.jpg?v=1762821316","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781399806176","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}