TY - BOOK AU - Morton,Robert TI - A life of Sir Harry Parkes: British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885 SN - 9781912961177 AV - DA565 .L544 2021 KW - Parkes, Harry, KW - Diplomats KW - Great Britain KW - Biography KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2754342&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -