The Taking of Hong Kong. Charles and Clara Elliot in China Waters.
Richmond. Curzon Press. 1999. Black and white illustrations, xxi + 290pp, notes, genealogies, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dustjacket. 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..... More