The Immobile Empire

By Alain Peyrefitte

Book Overview

In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation--including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats--entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394586549
• ISBN13: 9780394586540
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 630 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.6" x 9.7"