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Peking 1900 - The Boxer Rebellion

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - 1700 - 1950 A.D. (Excluding WWI & II)

Last Stocked on 8/14/2023

Product Info

Title
Peking 1900 - The Boxer Rebellion
Publisher
Category
Author
Peter Harrington
Publish Year
2001
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147832260
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM085
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM85

Description

In 1900 a violent rebellion swept northern China – the Boxer Rebellion. 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 rag-tag 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.