The Story of the British and Their Embassies in China, Japan and Korea from 1859 to the Present
by
J E Hoare, J. E. Hoare
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
This text traces the history of three Far Eastern embassies through the vicissitudes of war and revolution against the background of an apparent steady decline of Western influence in Asia. Dr Hoare tracks the key events and people shaping the British view of Asia.
Key 'dramatis personae' are Sir...