Women at the Siege, Peking 1900
by
Susanna Hoe
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
095377306X
ISBN-13
9780953773060
Publisher
Holo Books The Arbitration Press
Imprint
The Women's History Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 19th, 2000
Print length
430 Pages
Weight
762 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.30 x 2.90 cms
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In 1900, Baron von Ketteler, the German Minister, was assassinated in a Peking street. By 4pm the first shots were fired and a siege by Boxers and imperial troops had begun. Among the besieged were 148 women from around the world and Maud, the Baron's widow. This book tells their story.
On 20 June 1900, Baron von Ketteler, the German Minister, was assassinated in a Peking street. By 4pm the first shots were fired into the legation quarter and the siege of foreigners by Boxers and imperial troops had begun. Among the besieged were 148 women from America, Europe, Russia and Japan and Maud, the Baron's American widow. What were their experiences? How did they cope with their 79 children for two months, without enough to eat, often under fire? This book tells their story - of courage, grief, humour, friendship, ill-health, and hard work - mostly through their own accounts. It identifies the women for the first time as individuals: missionary teachers and doctors, "globe trotters", and the wives of diplomats, officials, railway engineers, merchants, bankers and the owner of the Peking Hotel.
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