Bücher von J E Hoare

Traces the history of three Far Eastern embassies through the vicissitutes of war and revolution against the background of an apparent steady decline of Western influence in Asia. This work tracks the key events and people shaping the British view of Asia.

The success of the first two volumes in this series has prompted this third volume of 25 further protraits of key personalities, including Natsume Soseki, Thomas Blackiston, Ivan Morris, Admiral Saito and Ozaki Yukio.