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The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-hsi 1835-1908 Empress Dowager of China
Marina Warner
The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-hsi 1835-1908 Empress Dowager of China
Marina Warner
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. 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.
272 pages, 1
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 15, 1993 |
ISBN13 | 9780099165910 |
Publishers | Vintage Publishing |
Pages | 272 |
Dimensions | 130 × 199 × 21 mm · 198 g |
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