Author

Publication

1968 - Macmillan, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

63,500 words, Guess

Page Count

254 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC951/.03
  • LCCDS760 .H8 1968

Description

"On the morning of October 8, 1856, a small vessel flying the British flag under charter, with a Chinese crew, was seized by the Chinese. The relatively minor incident was to trigger an imperialistic war that lasted four years and involved full-scale intervention by the european powers. One of its memoral incidents was the historic looting and burning of the incredibly beautiful Summer Palace, actually a compound of two hundred buildings extending over eighty square miles--pavilions roofed with gold, filled with silks, jade, and objets d'art of great worth."--Publisher's description.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Arrow War: an Anglo-Chinese confusion, 1856-1860.Macmillan1968

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