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The families of Trebitsch and Lincoln pick up the pieces in the final chapter.

Image Source: Roelli, P. (2005) The Thanka Wall overlooking Tasilhunpo. Retrieved online June 9, 2018 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashi_Lhunpo_Monastery

  Hamburg, British Zone of Occupation. Thursday 20 May, 1948.

She is seventy-one: thin, quietly drained; a pale feat of a woman. Her expression is sour. Time has pressed her cheeks inward, clamped her mouth shut. She might have been happy,…

In 'Poison Pen Pal', Trebitsch, as the Abbot Chaokung, creates havoc in China, Hungary and Britain, while sitting still.

Image Source: Map of China, from the CIA Factbook. Public domain. Retrieved online at

The Bund, Shanghai. Saturday 18 January, 1936.

Under the tower clock and telephone wires Jacintha watched the ships come and go. Sweat trickled on her neck. Maurice borrowed a trolley from the Cathay to move the boxes. Jiahao, who had not left with Willem and Adeline, pushed it along the Bund. Left onto Nanking…

Chaokung: rebellion, scandal and tragedy. #TrebitschLincoln #AmWriting

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Kobe Police Station, Japan. Sunday 13 May, 1934

Beyond Hyogo Port, a weary-eyed keisatsu officer sits at a table in a bare lit cell. Matsumoto, a senior in his department, transcribes with the energy of youth. Without looking up to the Frenchman, he asks another question.

“What did you do then, Mr.…

Trebitsch Lincoln, The Abbot Chaokung, The Unlikely Lama of Liverpool. #NewFiction #AmWriting

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Sunday 6 May, 1934. Duchess of York, North Atlantic Ocean.

Marie counted the hours since Ottawa, to the minute, to carry out his command. Walking to the cabin she was met by Steinke, his face white and full of shock. He pushed by her, avoided eye contact. They knew each other a year: he’d never lacked…

The Abbot Chaokung HAS A POSSE. #TrebitschLincoln #China #Canada

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Great Western Road, Shanghai. Friday 25 August, 1933.

The north-west suffered a devastating earthquake and armed conflict, but Shanghai had returned to a state of relative peace and sunny serenity. The door opened at Buddhist House, 131 Great Western Road. Martin Steinke, Marie Chauve and Hertha…

"Every move he makes is more incredible than the last," wrote one reviewer on the life of Trebitsch Lincoln. Check. Check. Check. #AmWriting #DocuDrama #Belfasthour

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Cologne, Germany. November, 1919.

Something about him troubled Olga Nieuwkamp. Not at first, when he’d come to them from the Prince’s residence at Wieringen. He was charming, knowledgeable, and well connected. He had done some favour for Elsa, Olga’s secretary, at the American embassy. Elsa von Nagelein…

Video: Talking Trebitsch with Richard Barr

Author Richard Barr remembers how Andy Luke discovered Trebitsch Lincoln. In this twenty-five minute interview, we talk about the great chameleon’s interest in his family, mysticism and the Nazis.

On Richard’s question to why Trebitsch was so obsessed with travel, I think a part of it has to do with Story. His own tale was for him a…

The final arc of The Watch Thief puts Trebitsch Lincoln aka Abbot Chaokung in Shanghai, 1932, a place of wonder and terror. #AMWriting #DocuDrama #History

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Shanghai. Wednesday 27 January, 1932.

Three and a half million people, a tenth of them foreigners, milled around the free-market gateway to the East. Harbour improvements in the twenties brought in more ships, more businessmen and opium. The largest of the immigrants were from Japan, and the least…