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Tells of the 55day siege of the foreign legation compound in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion
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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 Barons 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 illhealth 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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For seven years from 1933 to 1940 George N Katesa native Americanimmersed himself in the inner world of Peking by living a simple and leisurely life in a traditional house inside the old Imperial City in Peking Consciously reconstructing the lifestyle of the vanished scholar class Kates came to know China as few other Westerners have known it Kates offers in this volume a celebration of a city its buildings its people and way of life its customs and its rhythms and moods capturing those aspects of Peking that today exist merely as memories Kates rare understanding of Chinas cultural heritage enables him to convey to the reader his admiration for the Chinese sense of harmony and proportion in all things This edition of Kates book which first appeared in 1952 includes an introduction by Pamela Atwell the author of British Mandarins and Chinese Reformers The British Administration of Weihaiwei 18981930 and the Territorys Return to Chinese Rule
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This is a carefully researched and illuminating study of siege warfare in the twelfth century The siege was an integral part of medieval military experience and was particularly significant in the Mediterranean region Rogers explores siege warfare and the role it played in the First Crusade and the establishment of the Crusader States in Italy Spain and Portugal and in the seaborne expeditions of the Italian maritime states Rogers sets out to discover how it was that crusading forces handicapped by rudimentary organization and logistical support were able to conduct some of the most dramatic siege operations of the pregunpowder period He traces the development and diffusion of techniques and analyzes the experience of siege warfare in every aspect from the question of supplies of component parts for siege engines to the often complex political situations of besieger and besieged This is a book which contributes not only to the military history of the twelfth century but also to its political and cultural history
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Ospreys study of the violent Boxer Rebellion whichnbspswept northern China in 1900 The Boxers were a secret society who sought to rid their country of the pernicious influence of the foreign powers who had gradually acquired a stranglehold on China With the connivance of the Imperial Court they laid siege to the legation quarter of Peking Trapped inside were an assortment of diplomats civilians and a small number of troops They were all Sir Claude Macdonald the British Minister in Peking had to defend against thousands of hostile Boxers and Imperial troops It would now be a race against time Could the ragtag defenders hold out long enough for the gathering relief force to reach them This book describes the desperate series of events as the multinational force rushed to their rescue
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The distinguished Oxford professor of modern history presents evidence that Chinese scholar and author Sir Edmund Backhouse long thought to have lived as a virtual hermit in Peking was in reality a forger trickster and eccentric
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First published in 1910 this gripping eyewitness account of the siege of the Legation quarter in Peking during the Boxer uprising describes in vivid detail the fluctuating morale the lighthearted moments and the tragic outcome
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The distinguished Oxford professor of modern history presents evidence that Chinese scholar and author Sir Edmund Backhouse long thought to have lived as a virtual hermit in Peking was in reality a forger trickster and eccentric
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In his splendid study The Siege of Vienna the Oxford historian John Stoye provides a detailed account of the intricate machinations between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans Mr Stoyes description of the siege itself is masterly He seems to know every inch of ground every earthwork and fortification around the Imperial City and he follows the action meticulouslyThe Wall Street Journal Worthy of the pen of Herodotus It is a measure of the fascination of Mr Stoyes subject that one should think of comparing his treatment of it with the work of the greatest historiansThe Times Literary Supplement John Stoye is the master of every aspect of his subjectDaily Telegraph The siege of Vienna in 1683 was one of the turning points in European history So great was its impact that countries normally jealous and hostile sank their differences to throw back the armies of Islam and their savage Tartar allies The consequences of defeat were momentous The Ottomans lost half of their European territories which led to the final collapse of their empire and the Habsburgs turned their attention from France and the Rhine frontier to the rich pickings of the Balkans That hot September day in 1683 witnessed the last great trial of strength between the East and the Westand opened an epoch in European history that lasted until the First World War
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War the bringer of tearsWar glory despair and mourning for 2700 years The Iliad has gripped listeners and readers with the story of Achilles anger and Hectors death This tragic episode during the siege of Troy sparked by a quarrel between the leader of the Greek army and its mightiest warrior Achilles is played out between mortals and gods with devastating human consequences It is a story of many truths of awesome emotions the quest for fame and revenge the plight of women and the lighthearted laughter of the gods Above all it confronts us with war in all its brutality and with fleeting images of peace which punctuate the poem as distant memories startling comparisons and doomed aspirations The Iliads extraordinary power testifies to the commitment of its many readers who have turned to it in their own struggles to understand life and deathThis elegant and compelling new translation is accompanied by a full introduction and notes that guide the reader in understanding the poem and the many different contexts in which it was performed and read
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It is 1936 and A E Housman is being ferried across the river Styx glad to be dead at last The river that flows through Tom Stoppards The Invention of Love connects Hades with the Oxford of Housmans youth High Victorian morality is under siege from the Aesthetic movement and an Irish student named Wilde is preparing to burst onto the London scene On his journey the elder Housman confronts the younger version of himself and his memories of the man he loved his entire life Moses Jackson the handsome athlete who could not return his feelings
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