A life of Sir Harry Parkes : British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885 /
Morton, Robert, 1965-
A life of Sir Harry Parkes : British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885 / by Robert Morton. - 1 online resource (xvii, 321 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain's relations with the Far East from fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven. In his day, he was seen as both a hero and a monster and is still bitterly resented in China for his part in the country's humiliations at Western hands, but largely esteemed in Japan for helping it to industrialise.
9781912961177
Parkes, Harry, Sir, 1828-1885.
Diplomats--Great Britain--Biography.
Electronic Books.
DA565 / .L544 2021
A life of Sir Harry Parkes : British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885 / by Robert Morton. - 1 online resource (xvii, 321 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain's relations with the Far East from fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven. In his day, he was seen as both a hero and a monster and is still bitterly resented in China for his part in the country's humiliations at Western hands, but largely esteemed in Japan for helping it to industrialise.
9781912961177
Parkes, Harry, Sir, 1828-1885.
Diplomats--Great Britain--Biography.
Electronic Books.
DA565 / .L544 2021