A Life of Sir Harry Parkes : British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885.

Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain's relations with the Far East from fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven. In his day, he was seen as both a hero and a monster and is still bitterly resented in China for his part in the country's humiliations at Western hands, but largely esteemed...

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Author / Creator: Morton, Robert.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Folkestone : Amsterdam University Press, 2020.
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