Question

Describe in detail Alexander Heathcote's first meeting with Yung Lee.... (in the story the Chinese statue)​

Answer 1

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‘The Chinese Statue’ by Jeffrey Archer, published in his book ‘A Quiver Full of Arrows’ in 1980, revolves around a Chinese statue brought to London by sir Alexander Heathcote who was posted in China as a British Ambassador.

The story starts at Sotheby’s, a famous auction house. A porcelain Chinese statue was being auctioned off to a motley crowd and not-so-serious bidders. In order to grab the bidders’ attention, the auctioneer presented a fact sheet about the history of the statue. It said that the statue was brought from a place called Ha Li Chuan in China. To hide the owners’ identity, the word ‘gentlemen’ was used instead of his real name.

Answer 2

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Alexander Heathcote what an Ambassador who was send by Queen Victoria to china. He was in love with chinese culture and enjoyed his stay at the village Ha Li Chuan . Once when he went hours back riding into the village to to ca few craftsman with his Mandarin.He chanced upon an old craftsman working place .in no tine he dismounted his horse and went into the ramshackle wooden workshop to admire the delicate pieces of ivory that were decorated on the shelves.Sir alexander stood there as being a man o the hight 6'2 he could hardly  move. An old craftsman bustled forward in a long, blue coolie robe and a flat black hat . this was the first encounter between sir alexander and Yung Lee.

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