Amazing Historical Narrative
So, my friend Jonathan Walton pointed me to this amazing book on Google Book Search. I'll quote him about it:
Right after the Taiping Rebellion, a former British officer named Augustus Lindley wrote what is basically a pulp version of his (possibly fictional or exaggerated memoirs) of fighting on the side of the Taiping against the British and French forces. It's called Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh, The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution, Including a Narrative of the Author's Personal Adventures By Lin-Le [Lindley's Chinese Name], Formerly Honorary Officer, Chung-Wang's Guards; Special Agent of the Ti-Ping General-in-Chief; and Late Commander of the "Loyal and Faithful Auxiliary Legion." While Lindley clearly is a product of his time, and his narrative is far from perfect, he gives an amazingly enlightened account of the situation in China and the people he supposedly met. While also FIGHTING RIVER PIRATES! And RUNNING SUPPLIES INTO BESIEGED NANJING! And WINNING THE LOVE OF A PORTUGUESE LADY!
Right after the Taiping Rebellion, a former British officer named Augustus Lindley wrote what is basically a pulp version of his (possibly fictional or exaggerated memoirs) of fighting on the side of the Taiping against the British and French forces. It's called Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh, The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution, Including a Narrative of the Author's Personal Adventures By Lin-Le [Lindley's Chinese Name], Formerly Honorary Officer, Chung-Wang's Guards; Special Agent of the Ti-Ping General-in-Chief; and Late Commander of the "Loyal and Faithful Auxiliary Legion." While Lindley clearly is a product of his time, and his narrative is far from perfect, he gives an amazingly enlightened account of the situation in China and the people he supposedly met. While also FIGHTING RIVER PIRATES! And RUNNING SUPPLIES INTO BESIEGED NANJING! And WINNING THE LOVE OF A PORTUGUESE LADY!