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The Taking of Hong Kong - Charles and Clara Elliot in China Waters

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The First Opium War and the Taking of Hong Kong have tended to underpin relations between Britain and China.

Here those events are described through the eyes of Britain's plenipotentiary Captain Charles Elliot and his wife Clara.

Revelations about Elliot's role, intentions and analysis are important in clarifying the past.

The couple's personal views and relations with each other also contribute to a fresh writing of history.

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Hong Kong University Press
9622099882 / 9789622099883
Paperback / softback
01/10/2009
Hong Kong
English
312 p. : ill., maps, ports.
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Originally published: Richmond: Curzon, 1999.