On 29 June 1900 the foreign legations at Peking were attacked by troops of the Boxer rebellion and Imperial Chinese troops. The ensuing siege lasted fifty-five

This book provides a first-hand account of the Siege of Peking during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. Martin, a medical missionary at the time, tells the story of

"The Boxer uprising; the siege of the legations; 55 days in Peking; foreign troops looting China's capital; these are images from books and films over the past