| The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, British Envoy in Peking (1900-06) - Volume Two Contributor(s): Satow, Ernest Mason (Author), Ruxton, Ian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1411688058 ISBN-13: 9781411688056 Publisher: Lulu.com OUR PRICE: $34.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: The Peking (Beijing) diaries (1900-06) of the great Victorian-Edwardian diplomat Sir Ernest Satow, published for the first time ever on lulu.com as a PAPERBACK and DOWNLOAD, by permission of the National Archives (UK) on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Satow was Britain's top diplomat in China when he wrote this journal, as he called it. He replaced Sir Claude MacDonald after the Siege of the Peking Legations which occurred during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, and he observed the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) from Peking. Volume Two of two volumes (total 812 pages). 392 pages in this volume, which includes many footnotes and the index of names (73 pages) for both volumes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - General - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2007369370 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 8.25" W x 11" (1.96 lbs) 396 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
