Morrison of Peking by Cyril Pearl

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, particularly at spine tail. Dust jacket is in very good condition with light creasing at edges and at spine. Tiny scratch to title on front cover.Interior and binding are still very good.

George Ernest Morrison (1862-1920) was an Australian who lived in the tradition of the great 19th century Western explorers and adventurers.

As Peking correspondent for The Times from 1897 to 1912, and then as a political advisor to Sun Yat-sen, he was regarded as a world authority on China, observing or taking part in some of China's most crucial historical events including the Boxer Uprising and the fall of the Qing Dynasty.

A compulsive and tireless reporter, Morrison kept diaries for most of his life. Cyril Pearl's penetrating biography, based largely on these diaries, illuminates both a fascinating era and the character of one of its most remarkable men. (book flap)

First published in 1967.