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The Boxer Rebellion by Keown-Boyd, Henry is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Boxer Rebellion about?

The author explains the story behind that puzzling affair, a bizarre mixture of farce & tragedy which captured the world's headlines in the summer of 1900. The Boxers (a nickname derived from their official title, The Fists of Righteous Harmony) were a fanatical secret organization who had been incited by anti-foreign elements in the Chinese Government to commit wide-scale depredations against foreign missionaries & their Chinese converts. As the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsui stoutly maintained that the Boxers were beyond her control, matters came to a climax with the siege of the Peking Legations which lasted 55 days & the taking of Peit'ang Cathedral which lasted even longer. Troops from Russia, America, France, Japan, & Britain assembled for the relief of Peking. Here is a witty and shrewd analysis of the whole episode, which ended in total humiliation for the Chinese. "A luminous, numinous, jade-cool book..."-- Literary Review . B&W photos.

Who reads The Boxer Rebellion?

Author

Keown-Boyd, Henry

Publisher

New York: Dorset Press

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9781566198974

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History

Rating

4 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14