Tales of Old Peking
Derek Sandhaus · 2012
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"China's capital has always been viewed as one of the world's most mysterious cities. It was a Forbidden City for hundreds of years for Westerners, but its role as the capital of the world s greatest empire has made it the focus of enormous curiosity since the days of Marco Polo in the 13th century. This book, the second in the 'Tales' series, recreates a sense of old peking through a pastiche of historical snippets stories, quotations, cartoons, postcards and drawings. It tells of when peking was a flashpoint of confrontation between very different yet equally headstrong cultures, including the perilous 55-day siege of the foreign legations during the Boxer Rebellion."--Publisher description.
Book details
- Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Earnshaw Books
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 178
- ISBN
- 9789881815422
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