Writing China : essays on the Amherst Embassy (1816) and Sino-British cultural relations /
On 29 August 1816, Lord Amherst, exhausted after travelling overnight during an embassy to China, was roughly handled in an attempt to compel him to attend an immediate audience with the Jiaqing Emperor at the Summer Palace of Yuanming Yuan. Fatigued and separated from his ambassadorial and credent...
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Other Authors: | Kitson, Peter J. (Editor), Markley, Robert (Editor) |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY :
D.S. Brewer,
2016.
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Series: | Essays and studies (London, England : 1950) ;
v. 69. |
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
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