Last Days of Pekin
by Pierre Loti
Chapter 1 of 12 Author's Dedication and Translator's Note
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- Running time
- 6 h 14 min
- Language
- English
- Read by
- Peter Tucker
- Translated by
- Myrta L. Jones
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About this recording
The author was an officer in the French navy. This book is a compilation of his experiences when stationed in China in 1900 during and immediately after the Boxer Rebellion. It contains descriptions of the horrors of war, but more significantly a detailed description of the mysterious civilisation into which the occupying ("barbarian") forces intruded. The story is told with sympathy and admiration despite a degree of colonial chauvinism. (Summary by Peter Tucker)