Public Success, Private Sorrow

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  • Public Success, Private Sorrow Book Detail

  • Author : Isidore Cyril Cannon
  • Release Date : 2009-03-01
  • Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 290
  • ISBN 13 : 9622099610
  • File Size : 5,5 MB

Public Success, Private Sorrow by Isidore Cyril Cannon PDF Summary

Book Description: The story of an Englishman who lived through the last years of the Qing dynasty, was trapped in the British Legation during the Boxer uprising and went on to occupy a number of senior positions in the Imperial Customs as Commissioner of Customs in various ports, Shanghai Postmaster and first Director of the important Customs College.

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