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Korea and Her Neighbors (Kegan Paul Travellers Series)
Korea and Her Neighbors - Kegan Paul Travellers Series Author:Isabella Bird Isabella Bird's account of her journeys in Korea in 1898 represents one of the very rare accounts of that country in the latter part of the nineteenth century. At that time Korea, under Chinese influence for centuries, was virtually a forbidden land and had only been open to foreigners for about ten years. Isabella undertook many arduous jouneys... more » by land and river, observed the breathtakingly beautiful countryside, visited the Buddhist monasteries and had many audiences with the Korean king and his soon to be assassinated queen. When the Japanese invaded Korea Isabella had to leave hastily, ending up in China, penniless.« less