Relying on the diaries, letters and memoirs of the foreign defenders in the diplomatic district of Peking, and on her own extensive research from both Chinese and Western perspectives, Preston places readers squarely in the middle of events as they unfold during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900.
Relying on the diaries, letters and memoirs of the foreign defenders in the diplomatic district of Peking, and on her own extensive research from both...
The story of the atomic bomb spans years of prolific scientific innovation, turbulent politics, foreign affairs and world-changing history. Through personal stories of exile, indecision, soul-searching, spying and deceit, Diana Preston presents the human side of an unstoppable programme with a lethal outcome.
The story of the atomic bomb spans years of prolific scientific innovation, turbulent politics, foreign affairs and world-changing history. Through pe...
In 1631, the heartbroken Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan, ordered the construction of a monument of unsurpassed splendour and majesty in memory of his beloved wife. The building of the Taj Mahal had set brother against brother and son against father in a conflict that pushed the seventeenth century's most powerful empire into irreversible decline.
In 1631, the heartbroken Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan, ordered the construction of a monument of unsurpassed splendour and majesty in memory of his belo...
