The Taking of Hong Kong

Charles and Clara Elliot in China Waters

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Hoe, SusannaRoebuck, Derek

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316 Seiten

Englisch

Taylor & Franciserschienen am19.05.1999

This book describes the taking of Hong Kong from Elliot's point of view for the first time '- through the personal letters of himself and his wife Clara '- and shows a man of intelligence, conscience and humanitarian instincts.mehr

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KlappentextThis book describes the taking of Hong Kong from Elliot's point of view for the first time '- through the personal letters of himself and his wife Clara '- and shows a man of intelligence, conscience and humanitarian instincts.

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ISBN/GTIN978-0-7007-1145-1

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartGebunden

FormatGenäht

Verlag

Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr1999

Erscheinungsdatum19.05.1999

Seiten316 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 161 mm, Höhe 242 mm, Dicke 21 mm

Gewicht726 g

Artikel-Nr.14079646

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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Whenever there is a Breeze; 2: By Warship to China; 3: Into the Tiger's Mouth; 4: Climbing the Ladder; 5: The Opium Trade; 6: Some Gross Insult; 7: Elliot's Troublesome Friend'; 8: All Engineered by Elliot; 9: Charles Elliot Alone; 10: Looking Westwards; 11: Two Such Imbeciles; 12: The Road to Gloary; 13: Whimsical as a Shuttlecock; 14: Hipping off the Fox-Hounds; 15: Wrecked Ashore; 16: The Web of Calumny; 17: Elliot Where Is He?; 18: Exiled to St Helena; 19: Epiloguemehr