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8%OFFSusanna Hoe - Women at the Siege, Peking 1900 - 9780953773060 - V9780953773060
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Women at the Siege, Peking 1900

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Description for Women at the Siege, Peking 1900 paperback. 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. Num Pages: 430 pages, 4 maps, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJC; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ1; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
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. ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Holo Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
Number of Pages
430
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780953773060
SKU
V9780953773060
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

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