Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, in the Years 1857, '58, '59

By:

Laurence Oliphant

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, in the Years 1857, '58, '59 2 Volume Set

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In 1857 Laurence Oliphant (1829–88), lawyer, journalist, diplomat and sometime spy, later Liberal MP, satirical novelist, and, for a time, adherent of the religious mystic Thomas Harris, became private secretary to Lord Elgin (1811–63), accompanying him to China, and thence to Japan, on a mission to protect and extend British trading interests in the region. Oliphant's 1859 account of the trip was published in two volumes. Volume 2 deals with the negotiation of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Yedo, the legalisation of the Chinese opium trade and combat with Chinese insurgents at Nankin. The work is a mixture of travel narrative - Oliphant had previously written about his travels in Nepal and in the Crimea (also reissued in this series) - and political analysis. It provides both an informative account of the war from a privileged vantage point and a window upon Oliphant's own colourful career.

Release date Australia

April 26th, 2012

Author

Laurence Oliphant

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

15 Plates, color; 3 Maps; 30 Halftones, unspecified

Pages

554

Series

Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, in the Years 1857, '58, '59 2 Volume Set

Dimensions

140x216x31

ISBN-13

9781108045834

Product ID

19802304

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