A review by awesomejen2
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang

5.0

I have to say I don't normally read purely historical nonfiction books because typically they are too dry for me but this was the exception. I knew absolutely nothing about Empress Cixi, picked up this book purely on the recommendation of a podcaster and I am so glad I did. Empress Cixi was such a dynamic person and there were multiple times where I just went "Woah, she is a bada** motherf**ker". This woman was unbelievable! She did such much for China and it was disheartening to learn how she was mispresented by her enemies for such a long time. She truly deserves a lot of credit for being the driving force in modernizing China. This was a great educational read and I highly recommend it.