Wang the Ninth

"Wang the Ninth," first published in 1919, is a stylized account written by B.L. Putnam Weale of the Boxer Rebellion in China told through the experiences of a young Chinese boy, the eighth child - known as "Wang the Ninth." Bertram Lenox Simpson (1877-1930) was a British author who wrote about China under the pen name "B. L. Putnam Weale." Lenox-Simpson was the son of Clare Lenox-Simpson, who had been in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service since...