Frederick: The Life of My Missionary Grandfather in Manchuria

by Mark O'Neill

Frederick O'Neill, an Irish Presbyterian Missionary, lived for forty five years in Faku, a small town in Manchuria, northeast China. From 1897 until his expulsion by the Japanese army in 1942, he witnessed and reported the extraordinary events that convulsed China - the Boxer Rebellion, the Great Manchurian Plague, the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. He also served with the China
Labour Corps in France in War War One.

275 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2012

About the author

Mark was born in London, England and educated at Marlborough College and New College, Oxford. He worked in Washington D.C., Manchester and Belfast before moving to Asia in 1978. He has lived here ever since. After a long journalistic career, in 2006 he turned to writing books and has completed 12 so far in English. Seven have been translated into traditional Chinese and three into simplified Chinese. He speaks French, Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese and lives in Hong Kong with his wife. He is busy with new books and hopes to bring them out in 2021.

Reviews

[Ruth Parkin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fascinating account of an Irish life in Manchuria in the first half of the twentieth century. Could do with a little editing but is very readable and gives an idea of just what these Missionaries in China achieved and what they gave up. Makes me think of other Irish man - Laois born Charles Morris who worked in Korea about the same time and who is buried here in the Foreigner's graveyard.