Indiscreet Letters from Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-witness, which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900--the Year of Great Tribulation

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Later edition. Original published March, 1907. Frontispiece, 447 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An account of the siege of Peking by Bertram Lenox Simpson (1877-1930), under the pen name B.L. Putnam Weale. Simpson was born in China, later worked at the Imperial Maritime Customs, from which he was sacked in 1901. Robert A. Bickers wrote of him in 'Britain in China,' as "the consummate treaty port jobbing hack, writing commentaries, begging for newspaper work, penning novels, . He worked thereafter in Chinese government or warlord employ". (p. 33) He was murdered in 1930 while working for warlord Yan Xishan, having taken control of the Tianjin customs. Cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and backstrip, uncut. Corners and spine ends a trifle bumped, else VG Frontispiece, 447 pp. 1 vols. 8vo Later edition. Original published March, 1907. N° de ref. del artículo 44789

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