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The Taking of Hong Kong Charles and Clara Elliot in China Waters
316 Pages
by
Routledge
316 Pages
by
Routledge
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Relations between Britain and China have, for over 150 years, been inextricably bound up with the taking of Hong Kong Island on 26 January 1841. The man responsible, Britain's plenipotentiary Captain Charles Elliot, was recalled by his government in disgrace and has been vilified ever since by China. This book describes the taking of Hong Kong from Elliot's point of view for the first time '-... Read more
1: Whenever there is a Breeze; 2: By Warship to China; 3: Into the Tiger's Mouth; 4: Climbing the Ladder; 5: The Opium Trade; 6: Some Gross Insult; 7: Elliot's ‘Troublesome Friend'; 8: All Engineered by Elliot; 9: Charles Elliot Alone; 10: Looking Westwards; 11: Two Such Imbeciles; 12: The Road to Gloary; 13: Whimsical as a Shuttlecock; 14: Hipping off the Fox-Hounds; 15: Wrecked Ashore; 16: The Web of Calumny; 17: Elliot Where Is He?; 18: Exiled to St Helena; 19: Epilogue
Biography
Susanna Hoe, Derek Roebuck
'This book reveals the human side of history. A fascinating account of a very interesting - and controversial - period in Sino-British relations.' - Ian Taylor, South African Journal of International Affairs
