Mrs Diana Preston
| Bio | Diana Preston is the author of several books, mainly on historical themes. Her first work, The Road to Culloden Moor, was an account of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion. A First Rate Tragedy is on the subject of Captain Robert Scott's Antarctic expeditions. Besieged in Peking is the title of her most recent work (all three books published by Constable). |
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Lectures to The Society
| Title | Type | Date |
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| Besieged in Peking: The 1900 Boxer Uprising |  |
Nov 1999 |
Articles in the Journal
| The Boxer Rising | ||
| Mrs Diana Preston | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 31 Number 1 | March 2000 | |
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Forthcoming Events
News
LIBRARY & ARCHIVE: TEMPORARY CLOSURE Shuts 16 May 2012, reopens 1st August 2012 more…
Festival of Asian Literature at Asia House 15 - 30 May 2012 more…
The Bangladeshi Novel The Royal Society of Literature Tagore Memorial Meeting, with speakers Philip Hensher and Tahmima Anam more…
"Yemen: Challenges for the Future" - an international conference (BYS & LMEI) Invitation for scholars to propose papers for conference in November 2012 more…
Ragmala Paintings from India: Poetry, passion, song Exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery: 25 January - 27 May 2012 more…
Recent Recordings
The Art of Resistance in the Middle East
Ashoka: India's Lost Emperor Charles Allen returns the RSAA to speak about the re-discovery of one of India's greatest Emperors, Ashoka, and the empire he built
The Freedom Factor Humphrey Hawksley discusses how freedoms have come to the world and what can be done to support their spreading in the world
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