Derek Roebuck: 1 book
The Taking of Hong Kong
Charles and Clara Elliot in China Waters
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Relations between Britain and China have, for over 150 years, been inextricably bound up with the taking of Hong Kong Island on 26 January 1841. The man responsible, Britain's plenipotentiary Captain Charles Elliot, was recalled by his government in disgrace and has been vilified ever since by China....
