Beleaguered in Peking - Couverture souple

Coltman, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9881732638 ISBN 13 : 9789881732637

Editeur : SinoMedia Holdings (HK) Limited, 2008

Synopsis

In June 1900, the violently nationalistic Boxer rebels invaded China's capital city with cries of 'Kill kill, burn burn!' They were determined to kill all foreigners and destroy all things foreign, and the non-Chinese in the city along with hundreds of Chinese Christians, fled to the walled Foreign Legation Quarter, where they mount a desperate 55-day stand against seemingly insurmountable odds. In this first-hand account, American doctor Robert Coltman takes us inside the besieged legations, describes the diplomatic missteps, daring sorties, broken friendships and international camaraderie under fire.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Coltman was an American doctor, born in 1862. He went to China in the mid-1880s, and in 1896 he was appointed professor of anatomy at the Tung Wen College in Peking. Two years later, he was appointed professor of surgery at the Imperial University in Peking, and become the personal physician to the Chinese royal household. He was also a freelance journalist, writing for the Chicago Record. After the Boxer Rebellion had been suppressed, he stayed on in China for another 25 years, becoming an attorney for the Standard Oil Company in the port city of Tientsin to the east of Peking. He retired in 1925, returned to the United States and died in 1931.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SinoMedia Holdings (HK) Limited
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9881732638
• ISBN 13: 9789881732637
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible