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Author | : Jung Chang |
Publisher | : Random House Canada |
Total Pages | : 431 |
Release | : 2013-10-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0307363120 |
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From the beloved, internationally bestselling author of Wild Swans, and co-author of the bestselling Mao: The Unknown Story, the dramatic, epic biography of the unusual woman who ruled China for 50 years, from concubine to Empress, overturning centuries of traditions and formalities to bring China into the modern world. A woman, an Empress of immense wealth who was largely a prisoner within the compound walls of her palaces, a mother, a ruthless enemy, and a brilliant strategist: Chang makes a compelling case that Cixi was one of the most formidable and enlightened rulers of any nation. Cixi led an intense and singular life. Chosen at the age of 12 to be a concubine by the Emperor Xianfeng, she gave birth to his only male heir who at four was designated Emperor when his father died in 1861. In a brilliant move, the young woman enlisted the help of the Emperor's widow and the two women orchestrated a coup that ousted the regents and made Cixi sole Regent. Untrained and untaught, the two studied history and politics together, ruling the huge nation from behind a curtain. When her boy died, Cixi designated a young nephew as Emperor, continuing her reign till her death in 1908. Chang gives us a complex, riveting portrait of Cixi through a reign as long as that of her fellow Empress, Victoria, whom she longed to meet: her ruthlessness in fighting off rivals; her curiosity to learn; her reliance on Westerners who she placed in key positions; and her sensitivity and desire to preserve the distinctiveness of China's past while overturning traditions (she, as Chang reveals--not Mao, as he claimed--banned footbinding) and exposing its culture to western ideas and technology.
Author | : Katharine Augusta Carl |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : X. L. Woo |
Publisher | : Algora Publishing |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0875861660 |
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In all the history of China, only two women ever conquered and held the heights of power. Both enjoyed long reigns characterized by ruthless intrigue; they maintained an iron grip at the center while the vast country was torn by rebellions and caught up i.
Author | : Anchee Min |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2011-12-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1408828995 |
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'Vivid and entertaining ... this is history as it plays upon the emotions. Empires crumble, hearts are broken' THE TIMES From the bestselling author of Red Azalea comes the much-anticipated sequel to Empress Orchid At the end of the nineteenth century China is rocked by foreign attacks and local rebellions. The only constant is the power wielded by one woman, Tzu Hsi, also known as Empress Orchid, who must face the perilous condition of her empire and devastating personal losses. In this sequel to the bestselling Empress Orchid, Anchee Min brings to life one of the most important figures in Chinese history, a very human leader who sacrifices all she has to protect both those she loves and her doomed empire.
Author | : Katharine Augusta Carl |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Katharine Augusta Carl |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : 0710302185 |
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First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Grant Hayter-Menzies |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2011-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9888083007 |
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This is the story of two women from worlds that could not seem farther apart--imperial China and the American Midwest--who found common ground before and after one of the greatest clashes between East and West, the fifty-five day siege of the Beijing foreign legations known as the Boxer Uprising. Using diaries, letters and other sources,The Empress and Mrs. Congertraces the parallel lives of Empress Dowager Cixi and American ambassador's wife Sarah Pike Conger, which converged to alter their perspectives of each other and each other's worlds. Grant Hayter-Menziesis the author ofImperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Lingand the biographer of stage and screen stars Charlotte Greenwood and Billie Burke. "Sarah Conger's story is worth telling for many reasons. She occupied a point in time that makes her interesting, but the author demonstrates that she is interesting in her own right-a flawed and fascinating individual whose story we want to read not for what we learn about Chinese history, but for what we learn about a woman profoundly typical of her era and class leading a life of determination in the belief that the right combination of positive attitudes and common sense must win out over adversity." - Timothy Brook, University of British Columbia
Author | : Sarah Pike Conger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Marina Warner |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2012-02-29 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1448103169 |
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From 1861 to 1908 a woman, the Empress Dowager Tz'u-hsi, born the daughter of a minor mandarin, held the supreme power in China. Opportunistic, ruthless, malicious, she ruled over four hundred million people. Marina Warner's biography lays bare her complex personality: her extreme conventionalism; her hatred of "foreigners"; her passion for power and intrigue; her vanity and her delight in ritual; her extravagance and corruption and her love of gardens, painting and the theatre. THE DRAGON EMPRESS also portrays a China in rapid decline as poverty, civil war and foreign exploitation and invasion brought about the fall of the Ch'ing dynasty.
Author | : Sir Edmund Backhouse |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 622 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : China |
ISBN | : |
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