The Immobile Empire

by Alain Peyrefitte

Book Overview

In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation--including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats--entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345803957
• ISBN13: 9780345803955
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 7.8"