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Destruction of Paradise: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Sack of the Summer Palace

By John Alan Roote, Mayapriya Long (Designed by)
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By John Alan Roote, Mayapriya Long (Designed by)
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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 Palace, the Europeans made o...

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