The first work of its kind in the English language, Destruction of Paradise describes one of the most dramatic and far-reaching events in East-West relations---the sack and burning of the Chinese Emperor's Summer Palace by an Anglo-French army in October 1860.
The Summer Palace was the grandest garden-palace complex ever constructed in China and a treasure trove of the finest artworks and valuables collected by a series of emperors.
In addition to destroying the P.
Destruction of paradise: triumph, tragedy, and the sack of the summer palace, hardcover/John Alan Roote
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