The ‘Ever-Victorious Army’

A History of the Chinese Campaign under Lt. Col. C. G. Gordon and of the Suppression of the Tai-Ping Rebellion

By:

Andrew Wilson

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History

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Journalist and traveller Andrew Wilson (1831–1881) was born in India to colonial missionaries. Educated in Europe, he later edited the China Mail in Hong Kong, and the Bombay Times. This, his best known work, was published in 1868, and recounts the suppression of the Taiping uprising in 1863–1864 by Colonel Charles G. ('Chinese') Gordon, leading a small multinational force. The Taiping rebellion against the Qing dynasty lasted from 1850 to 1864, and it is estimated that some 20 million people died as a result. Wilson was given access to Gordon's journals to write the book. Wilson was very pro-Chinese, and was quite critical of British colonial policy towards China. Despite this bias, the work contains much fascinating information on nineteenth-century China, and sheds light on the early career of one of Britain's greatest Victorian military heroes.

Release date Australia

December 9th, 2010

Author

Andrew Wilson

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

6 maps

Pages

472

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History

Dimensions

140x216x27

ISBN-13

9781108024075

Product ID

8296859

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