A Life of Sir Harry Parkes: British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885

By Robert Morton

Book Overview

Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain's relations with the Far East from fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven. In his day, he was seen as both a hero and a monster and is still bitterly resented in China for his part in the country's humiliations at Western hands, but largely esteemed in Japan for helping it to industrialise.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1041175019
• ISBN13: 9781041175018
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"