Portugal.: Fundacao Oriente.. 2001.. Maps, black and white plates, 616pp, appendices, bibliography, index, paperback, inoffensively bumped one corner, thick quarto. Detailed biography of the eminent scholar Charles Boxer. Part I focuses on Charles Boxer's formative years in Britain and the beginning of both his military and scholarly careers. Part II examines his "decisive years in Hong Kong. There he became a very well-known character. Despite his military responsibilities and his frequent travels to distant places, he continued his scholarly career, taking advantage of his proximity to Macao and engaged in a lively social life." During these years he was involved in Britain's war with Japan, which saw him grievously injured and sent to an internment camp. He was later convicted by a Japanese military court of a serious crime and sentenced to years of hard labour. This section also touches on the personal relationships which featured during these years. "Parts III and IV examine Boxer's activities as an academic on both sides of the Atlantic. [The authors] evaluate his relations with colleagues and students and assess his scholarly achievements, including his most serious confrontation with a militant Portuguese critic. They also consider the growth of his scholarly library and his world-wide reputation as a leading student of the expansion of Europe. The book closes with an assessment of Boxerian achievements." (Preface) This comprehensive volume includes a number of interesting appendices: Macao: Beleaguered Wartime Outpost; CRB and the War Crime Trials; "Items Missing": What Boxer Lost After Hong Kong's Fall; The Eclectic Collector; An Author and his Publishers; Abandoned Projects; and The Writings of Charles Boxer, 1985-1996. .