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La destruction du Palais d'été : Journal d'un unterprète an Chinerécit Pékin 1860 / Comte d' Hérisson.
Van Pelt Library DS758.23.H47 D47 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hérisson, comte d' (Maurice d'Irisson), 1839-1898, author.
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Hérisson, comte d' (Maurice d'Irisson), 1839-1898.
- Hérisson.
- Visitors, Foreign.
- Travelers.
- China--History--Foreign intervention, 1857-1861.
- China.
- History.
- Travelers--China--Biography.
- Visitors, Foreign--China--Biography.
- China--Description and travel.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 249 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : France Empire Editions [2012]
- Summary:
- On October 7 and 8 in 1860, the fabulous Summer Palace in Beijing was looted by the French and the English for a military shipment to open China to Western trade. The campaign lead by Napoleon III, followed ten days later, and is poorly understood. This book seeks to illuminate the act of the fire and looting of priceless works through an account written by the only living witness, Comte d'Hérisson.
- ISBN:
- 9782704811328
- 2704811326
- OCLC:
- 794307696
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