Alexander Michie: 2 books

The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg Through the Deserts and Steppes of Mongolia, Tartary

by Alexander Michie
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

The charming narrative of John Bell, of Antermony, who, in the reign of Peter the Great, travelled from Petersburg to Peking in the suite of a Russian ambassador, inspired me with a longing desire to visit Siberia and other little-known regions through which he passed. Having occasion to return to...

The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan (Complete)

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The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan (Complete)

by Alexander Michie
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

Born in the same year as Mr Gladstone, May 1809, John Rutherford Alcock predeceased that statesman by only six months. His birthplace was Ealing, and he died in Westminster, after a residence there in retirement of twenty-seven years. Being a delicate infant, he was baptised in Ealing church when...