The Siege of the Peking Legations: A Diary by Lancelot Giles edited L R Marchant
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Product Details
Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780855640415
Book Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Author: Lancelot Giles
Additional Authors: L R Marchant (editor)
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
Place: Nedlands WA
Year: 1970
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 212 pages
Period: 19th and 20th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. The dust jacket has creasing at the edges and is now protected by a clear, acid-free plastic dust jacket cover.
Lancelot Giles was a 22-year-old Student Interpreter with the British Consular Service in Peking during the siege of the foreign legations by the Chinese 'Boxers' between June 20 and August 14, 1900, during the Boxer Uprising.
The diary he kept detailed his experiences during the siege.
The Siege of the Peking Legations: A Diary by Lancelot Giles edited L R Marchant
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