In 1900 a violent rebellion swept northern China – the Boxer Rebellion. The Boxers were a secret society who sought to rid their country of the pernicious influence of the foreign powers who had gradually acquired a stranglehold on China. With the connivance of the Imperial Court they laid siege to the legation quarter of Peking. Trapped inside were an assortment of diplomats, civilians and a small number of troops. They were all Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister in Peking, had to defend against thousands of hostile Boxers and Imperial troops. It would now be a race against time. Could the rag-tag defenders hold out long enough for the gathering relief force to reach them? This book describes the desperate series of events as the multinational force rushed to their rescue.
Название: Peking 1900: The Boxer Rebellion
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: edition 2001
Author: Peter Harrington
Illustrator: Michael Perry
ISBN: 1841761818
Язык: english
Формат: PDF - rar
Страниц: 96 pages
Размер: 41,3 mb
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