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436 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307271600
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Publication date: Not specified
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In 1852, at age sixteen, Cixi was chosen as one of Emperor Xianfeng’s numerous concubines. When he died in 1861, their five-year-old son succeeded to the throne. Cixi at once launched a coup against her son’s regents and placed herself as the true...
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436 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307271600
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In 1852, at age sixteen, Cixi was chosen as one of Emperor Xianfeng’s numerous concubines. When he died in 1861, their five-year-old son succeeded to the throne. Cixi at once launched a coup against her son’s regents and placed herself as the true...
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