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The Immobile Empire

The Immobile Empire

 by Alain Peyrefitte In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two

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“On the Edge of Nowhere” by James Huntington

On the Edge of Nowhere

by James Huntington For sheer excitement and adventure, few novels match the true-life story of James Huntington. The son of a white trapper and Indian

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