{"product_id":"the-rebel-and-the-kingdom-paperback","title":"The Rebel And The Kingdom (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Propulsive . . . Deeply reported and novelistic. I flew through it' Ed Caesar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'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 Fifield\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHOW DID A COLLEGE KID BECOME A GLOBAL FUGITIVE?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHong 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFree 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rebel and the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003ci\u003e Wall Street   Journal \u003c\/i\u003e-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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bradley Hope","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67652882399410,"sku":"9781399806190","price":315.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781399806190.jpg?v=1791423559","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/the-rebel-and-the-kingdom-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}