Timeline
Lifetime:
1861 -
1925
Passed: ≈
100 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Elisabeth von Heyking
Books by Elisabeth von Heyking
Tschun
Adventure
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Tradition
Civilization
Progress
Colonialism
Boy
Chinese Culture
China
Power Struggles
Political upheaval
Peking
Boxer Rebellion
The novel follows Tschun, a young Chinese boy in Peking, who is drawn to the colonial embassies and secures a position as a boy, despite his family's disapproval. As he grows, his perspective on the foreign powers and their perceived superiority evol...