The Journal of Mr Samuel Holmes, Serjeant-Major of the XIth Light Dragoons, During His Attendance, as One of the Guard on Lord Macartney's Embassy to China and Tartary

The Journal of Mr Samuel Holmes, Serjeant-Major of the XIth Light Dragoons, During His Attendance, as One of the Guard on Lord Macartney's Embassy to China and Tartary
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9781108013789
ISBN-13 : 1108013783
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