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The Small Woman
Author(s): Burgess, Alan
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Good |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Evans Brothers |
| Publication Year: | 1957 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 008965 |
| Catalogue(s): | Religion, Theology, Churches and Church History |
222pp, portrait plate frontispiece, maps on endpapers. In dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine (boards a little worn, lightly faded on spine). Some mild flecking on text block edges, internally neat, clean and bright. In its original price clipped dust jacket (a little worn and chapped at edges, rubbed on corners, mildly sunned on spine, mildly soiled). The heroic story of Gladys Aylward, known as the Small Women in China; once a London Parlourmaid, whose missionary work involved her in suppressing mutinies, converting the Madarin to Christainity, being battered by Japanese rifle butts and serving as Foot Inspector to the Mandarin of Yang Cheng.
Keywords:
China
Missionaries
Christianity
Refugees
Inn of Eight Happinesses
