Author: John Wilcox Year: 2012 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction
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ISBNs: 9780749012083 0749012080 |
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The year is 1900 and once again China is plunged into barbaric chaos. The Boxers, a cult of young peasants who blame the foreign barbarians living in their country - particularly the missionaries - for the nation's ills, are rampaging through the country, killing foreigners. China's Dowager Empress - 'The Dragon Lady' - secretly encourages them. Into this maelstrom land former captain and army scout Simon Fonthill, his wife Alice and '352' Jenkins, Fonthill's former batman and trusted comrade, to visit Alice's uncle, a country missionary. Threatened by the Boxers, the three escort the missionary and his family to the safety of Peking. En route, the party is attacked by the red-bannered Boxers and the missionary is killed. The survivors reach Peking only to find that the capital is no sanctuary. The Legations of the foreign ministers within the city is surrounded and the Siege of Peking begins. Fonthill, Jenkins and Chang, the missionary's adopted son, volunteer to slip through the enemy lines to bring help. It proves to be Fonthill's most dangerous mission...
This book is part of the "Simon Fonthill" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "The Shangani Patrol" First published in 2010 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Siege of Khartoum" First published in 2009 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Guns of El Kebir" First published in 2007 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Diamond Frontier" First published in 2006 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Road To Kandahar" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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