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Public Success, Private Sorrow

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Living most of his adult life as an official in the Chinese Imperial Customs Service, Charles Brewitt-Taylor also achieved distinction as a scholar of Chinese. He prepared a masterly translation of...
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Price: £25.00
Pages: 260
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Series: Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
Publication Date: 24 March 2009
Trim Size: 9.10 X 6.10 in
ISBN: 9789622099616
Format: Hardcover
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"Often sent with their families to lonely outposts at a turbulent time in Chinese history, the experiences of the Customs Officers are very little-known this makes the story of C.H. Brewitt-Taylor, his rise from very humble origins to service in far-flung