The Burning of the Old Summer Palace

The Burning of the Old Summer Palace is a meticulously researched modern historical literary work. Based on rigorous historical sources, this book reconstructs the heavy events of 1860 when the Anglo-French allied forces looted and burned the Old Summer Palace. The work does not deliberately sensationalize bloodshed and violence, nor does it merely express national pain; rather, it examines from the perspective of human civilization the devastating blow that war inflicts on the cultural treasures of all humanity. With reverence, it looks back at history, remembers the pain of the past, and calls on people to cherish peace and protect precious human cultural heritage. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Burning of the Old Summer Palace — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠