The most definitive biography of Hudson Taylor is the James Broomhall, Hudson Taylor and China's Open Century, in 7 volumes (1981-1989).

Book 1 - Barbarians at the Gates (Out of Print)
Book 2 - Over the Treaty Wall (Out of Print)
Book 3 - If I Had a Thousand Lives
Book 4 - Survivor's Pact (Out of Print)
Book 5 - Refiner's Fire (Out of Print)
Book 6 - Assault on the Nine
Book 7 - It is not Death to Die

The seventh and final volume. Some called the China Inland Mission and its principles a 'rope of sand': it would disintegrate on Hudson Taylor's death. Yet despite many difficult moments, we see it grow from strength to strength and mature following his death. Despite the Boxer rebellion, incredible sufferings, the victory of the communists, new attempts to expell all foreigners that succeed under Mao, the Chinese church, freed from all foreign influence and support grew as never before.

718 pages

ISBN: 0-340-50270-3