China Under the Empress Dowager: The History of the Life and Times of Tzu Hsi by Edmund Trelawny Backhouse, J. O. P. Bland

China Under the Empress Dowager: The History of the Life and Times of Tzu Hsi

Edmund Trelawny Backhouse, J. O. P. Bland

524 pages • missing pub info (view editions)

nonfiction biography classics literary informative mysterious tense slow-paced
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One of the most popular and controversial Chinese history books ever written, this account explores the Forbidden City during the reign of Empress Dowager Cixi (1861-1908). Entertaining and enlightening, this record examines a world of power-thirs...

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