A Life of Sir Harry Parkes: British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885

by Robert Morton

Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain's relations with the Far East from the start of his working life at fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven. Orphaned at the age of five, he went to China on his own as a child and worked his way to the top. God-fearing and fearless, he believed his mission was to bring trade and 'civilisation' to East Asia. In his day, he was seen as both a hero and a monster and is still bitterly resented in China for his part...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912961164
• ISBN13: 9781912961160
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Renaissance Books
• Length: 288 Pages