Project Gutenberg 2015-06-03 Public domain in the USA. 67 Loti, Pierre 1850 1923 Viaud, Julien Viaud, Louis Marie Julien Jones, Jessie B. Jones, Myrta Leonora Jones, Myrta L. 02029029 The Last Days of Pekin Reading ease score: 59.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Last Days of Pekin" by Pierre Loti is a historical narrative written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the author's experiences during the military occupation of Pekin (Beijing) amidst the Boxer Rebellion, offering a personal and vivid portrayal of the events unfolding during this tumultuous period. Loti, serving aboard a French warship, provides a window into the life of soldiers and the cultural encounters with the Chinese during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The opening of the narrative introduces readers to the atmosphere of anticipation and transition as Loti's ship arrives in the Yellow Sea, near the shores of China. The calm and eerie morning serves as a stark contrast to the tumultuous events that will follow. He describes the crew’s excitement and the preparations ahead of their arrival, while highlighting the majestic yet haunting presence of the naval squadron poised for military action. Loti’s personal observations allow readers to experience the conflicted emotions of intrigue and foreboding as they approach a land marked by both beauty and despair, setting the stage for the complex cultural and military encounters that will define the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Beijing (China) -- Description and travel Beijing (China) -- History -- Siege, 1900 DS Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 445935 445982 2024-10-20T12:37:01.956312 2023-09-21T09:06:09.870995 text/html text/html 448501 2015-06-03T06:50:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1443059 2015-06-03T06:51:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1492755 2024-10-20T12:37:08.951794 application/epub+zip 1498354 2024-10-20T12:37:03.183310 application/epub+zip 209399 2024-10-20T12:37:02.507317 application/epub+zip 1632176 2024-10-20T12:37:13.285774 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1593862 2024-10-20T12:37:08.194818 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294150 2022-09-22T09:25:04.589923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403891 403702 2024-10-20T12:37:01.033346 2023-09-21T09:06:08.934988 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 404036 2015-06-03T06:50:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 156038 2015-06-03T06:51:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20496 2024-10-20T12:37:13.439775 application/rdf+xml 9316 2024-10-20T12:37:02.588303 image/jpeg 1975 2024-10-20T12:37:02.548311 image/jpeg 1446046 2024-10-20T12:37:02.043323 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia