Indiscreet Letters From Peking: Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900-The Year of Great Tribulation was edited by B. L. Putman Weale. The letters were written in 1900 during the time of the horrible Boxer movement. This account may dispel many false ideas, which still remained in Europe and America regarding the position of various powers in China. The letters show in vivid detail the actions of the European ...
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Indiscreet Letters From Peking: Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900-The Year of Great Tribulation was edited by B. L. Putman Weale. The letters were written in 1900 during the time of the horrible Boxer movement. This account may dispel many false ideas, which still remained in Europe and America regarding the position of various powers in China. The letters show in vivid detail the actions of the European soldiers. The Boxer Rebellion took place between 1898 and 1901. In response to imperialist expansion, growth of cosmopolitan influences, and missionary evangelism, and against the backdrop of state fiscal crisis and natural disasters, local organizations began to emerge in Shandong. Boxers across North China attacked mission compounds and killed missionaries and Chinese Christians.
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Fair. No Jacket. Bell's Indian and Colonial Library. "This Edition is issued for circulation in India and the Colonies only." Undated, foreword dated June, 1906. Bumped and rubbed with wear and fraying at the extremeties. Front free end paper has the upper 1" trimmed, probably name removal. First two end papers torn. Occasional foxing to the text. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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