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Laurence Oliphant

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Description: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 1 deals with the events of the Second Opium War, from the 'Arrow Incident', discussed in retrospect, to the Treaty of Tientsin, as well as an early diversion to India to suppress the Mutiny. The work is a mixture of travel narrative Oliphant had previously written about his travels 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 colourful career."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, in the Years 1857, '58, '59 (Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History) (Volume 1). To get started finding Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, in the Years 1857, '58, '59 (Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History) (Volume 1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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 1 deals with the events of the Second Opium War, from the 'Arrow Incident', discussed in retrospect, to the Treaty of Tientsin, as well as an early diversion to India to suppress the Mutiny. The work is a mixture of travel narrative Oliphant had previously written about his travels 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 colourful career."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, in the Years 1857, '58, '59 (Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History) (Volume 1). To get started finding Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, in the Years 1857, '58, '59 (Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History) (Volume 1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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