Twelve Years in China,

£900 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Scarth went to China in 1847 and quickly adopted the native dress and mannerisms. He traveled widely and gives first hand accounts of the Taping Rebellion, The March on Peking, The French Attack on Shanghai, and the Siege of Canton by the Triads.

• Year: 1860

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