The Siege at Peking (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks)

By Peter Fleming

Book Overview

In June 1900, the foreign Legations at Peking were attacked by Imperial Chinese troops, with the support of the Empress Dowager. Peter Fleming gives a gripping account of the ensuing siege, which lasted 55 days and brought to a head the crisis in the Celestial Empire's relations with the outside world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195837355
• ISBN13: 9780195837353
• Release Date: May 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.7" x 5.6"

Customer Reviews

Close to the best writing I know.

His logic is impeccable, his language is breathtaking. Time after time I stopped to reread a sentence for the style alone. Thoroughly recommended.