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Title: |
A Murder in Yunnan |
| Sub-title: |
The Unsolved Killing of a British Diplomat on China's Southwestern Frontier |
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| By (author): |
David Leffman |
| ISBN10-13: |
9887674915 : 9789887674917 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Weight: |
.350 Kg. |
| Published: |
Blacksmith Books - January 2026 |
| List Price: |
13.99 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
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| Who did kill British diplomat Augustus Raymond Margary on the remote China-Burma frontier in 1875? It could have been agents of the Burmese king, eager to stop the British from undermining his own countryâ s trade with China; or local Chinese, scared that Margary was spearheading a British invasion from Burma. Some suspected a plot going right back to the xenophobic Chinese governor, Cen Yuying, or perhaps Margary had simply run foul of bandits â and how was a tribute envoy of Burmese elephants involved? Against a background of colonial arrogance and cultural incomprehension, A Murder in Yunnan unpicks the complex tangle of official reports, rumour, suspicions and unreliable newspaper rants clouding the facts behind Margaryâ s killing â an event which brought Britain and China to the brink of war. |
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