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Personal Narrative of Occurrences during Lord Elgin's Second Embassy to China, 1860 (Paperback)
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Personal Narrative of Occurrences during Lord Elgin's Second Embassy to China, 1860 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History
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In 1860, James Bruce (1811 63), the eighth Earl of Elgin, embarked
upon a second embassy to China which aimed to obtain ratification
of the Treaty of Tientsin and finally conclude the Second Opium War
on terms favourable to the British. Accompanying Elgin as his
private secretary was the enterprising army officer Henry Brougham
Loch (1827 1900). Originally published in 1869, Loch's first-hand
account of the mission reflects sustained concern over Britain's
strained trading relationship with China in the nineteenth century.
Notwithstanding his views regarding the need for European influence
to shape China's future success in government, his clearly written
narrative illuminates contemporary diplomacy and the events
surrounding the Convention of Peking in October 1860. Prior to this
outcome, Loch had been captured, imprisoned and brutally tortured
by Chinese officials. His chapters detailing this experience and
his eventual release are especially noteworthy.
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