Putnam Weale, B. L., ed.

Indiscreet Letters from Peking: Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness...

Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, Limited, 1922. China Edition. 447, foxing to text, front board weak, foxing inside boards & flylves, spine worn & darkened, board corners worn, bds soiled. Eyewitness accounts of the siege of Peking in 1900. Complete subtitle: Being the notes of an eye-witness, which set forth in some detail, from dayto day, the real story of the siege and sack of a distressed capital in 1900--the year of great tribulation. This edition published in China is quite unusual. Condition: fair.

Keywords: Boxer Rebellion, China, Japan, Boxer Rebellion, Peking, Siege and Sack, Brutality, Diplomacy, Far East, Eyewitness

[Book #40278]

Price: $135.00