Peter Harrington

Broschiertes Buch

Peking 1900

The Boxer Rebellion

Illustrator: Perry, Alan

Beschreibung

In the 19th century, China was gradually becoming another colony of the European powers. From 1860 when Britain went to war with her until the end of the century, China was constantly at odds. This title details the siege of Peking; an epic story of defence against overwhelming odds.

Autor

Peter Harrington, a native of Manchester, England, is currently the curator of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection at the John Hay Library of Brown University, Rhode Island, USA. He is an authority on artists and war and has written extensively on the subject, including British Artists and War: The Face of Battle in Paintings and Prints (1993), as well as organising a number of exhibitions on war art. This is his third book in the Osprey Campaign series, his others being Campaign 12: Culloden 1746 and Campaign 35: Plassey 1757.

Produktdetails

• Campaign
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 185mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9781841761817
• ISBN-10: 1841761818
• Artikelnr.: 21871399