Last Days of Pekin - Free Audiobook

Last Days of Pekin - Free Audiobook

Author(s): Pierre Loti,

Language: English
Genre(s): Non-fictionWar & Military

1 / 12Author's Dedication and Translator's Note

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12 Chapter(s)
  • 1. Author's Dedication and Translator's Note
  • 2. Arrival in the Yellow Sea
  • 3. At Ning-Hia
  • 4. On the Way to Pekin - beginning
  • 5. On the Way to Pekin - conclusion
  • 6. In the Imperial City - beginning
  • 7. In the Imperial City - continuation
  • 8. In the Imperial City - conclusion
  • 9. Return to Ning-Hia
  • 10. Pekin in Springtime
  • 11. The Tombs of the Emperors
  • 12. The Last Days of Pekin

About

The author was an officer in the French navy. This book is a compilation of his experiences when stationed in China in 1900 during and immediately after the Boxer Rebellion. It contains descriptions of the horrors of war, but more significantly a detailed description of the mysterious civilisation into which the occupying ("barbarian") forces intruded. The story is told with sympathy and admiration despite a degree of colonial chauvinism. (Summary by Peter Tucker)

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