Peking 1900 : the Boxer rebellion / written by Peter Harrington ; battlescene plates by Alan & Michael Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrington, Peter, 1954-

Contributor:

Allan and Philip Carlson Memorial Fund.

Series:

Campaign (Osprey Publishing) ; 85.

Campaign ; 85

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beijing (China)--History--Siege, 1900.

Beijing (China).

China--History--Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901.

China.

History.

Physical Description:

96 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Osprey Military, 2001.

Summary:

In 1900 a violent rebellion swept northern China - the Boxer Rebellion. The Boxers were a secret society who sought to rid their country of the pernicious influence of the foreign powers who had gradually acquired a stranglehold on China. With the connivance of the Imperial Court they laid siege to the legation quarter of Peking. Trapped inside were an assortment of diplomats, civilians and a small number of troops. They were all Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister in Peking, had to defend against thousands of hostile Boxers and Imperial troops. It would now be a race against time. Could the rag-tag defenders hold out long enough for the gathering relief force to reach them? This book describes the desperate series of events as the multinational force rushed to their rescue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Allan and Philip Carlson Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1841761818

OCLC:

46395038