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The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-Hsi, 1835-1908, Empress Dowager of China

by Marina Warner
RM50.81 MYR
The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-Hsi, 1835-1908, Empress Dowager of China
The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-Hsi, 1835-1908, Empress Dowager of China

Intriguing dive into Empress Dowager Tz'u-Hsi's reign.

If you're fascinated by tales of power and historical personalities, "The Dragon Empress" is a must-read. Marina Warner brings to life the controversial Empress Dowager Tz'u-Hsi with vivid detail, set against the backdrop of a China on the cusp of monumental change. It's a biography that reads like an intricate drama, filled with intrigue and the weight of an empire in flux.

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The Dragon Empress: Life and Times of Tz'u-Hsi, 1835-1908, Empress Dowager of China

by Marina Warner
RM50.81 MYR
ISBN: 9780099165910
Authors: Marina Warner
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 1993-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, History, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: War, Biography Memoir, Historical, History, Biography, Politics, World History, Autobiography
Goodreads rating: 3.58
(rated by 65 readers)

Description

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, and malicious, she ruled over four hundred million people. Marina Warner's biography lays bare 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, foreign exploitation, and invasion brought about the fall of the Ch'ing dynasty.
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