Yunqin Yang: Irishman in China: Robert Hart, Inspector General of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs [2013] hardback DUBLI But then a stranger arrives

But then a stranger arrives in town

Most studies of Alamein focus on the northern coastal sector where the main action was fought

Almost twenty years later

progress is fast and enjoyable

With her younger brother Colly in tow

Yunqin Yang: Irishman in China: Robert Hart, Inspector General of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs [2013] hardback DUBLI But then a stranger arrivesIt was a long journey in more ways than mere geography from a childhood in Northern Ireland to becoming the most influential foreigner in 19th century China. This historical novel follows the life of Robert Hart, whose career in China spanned more than half a century during the turbulent last decades of the Qing dynasty. As the Qing government's Inspector General of the Maritime Customs Service, Hart was involved in many major events of late Imperial