The Journal of Mr Samuel Holmes, Serjeant-Major of the XIth Light Dragoons, During his Attendance, as One of the Guard on Lord Macartney's Embassy to China and Tartary
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1108013783
ISBN-13
9781108013789
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 10th, 2010
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
350 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.00 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Asian history
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This journal by a soldier in the Light Dragoons gives an account of Lord Macartney's failed attempt to set up an embassy in China 1792–1793. The soldier's-eye perspective of eighteenth-century China make this document a valuable historical source on British and Chinese history during this period.
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