Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain's relations with the Far East from the start of his working life at fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven. Orphaned at

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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This book is a biography of Sir Harry Parkes, a British diplomat who served as Her Majesty's Minister to China and Japan. It provides an insight into Parkes's l