Empress dowager Cixi : the concubine who launched modern China / Jung Chang.

Empress dowager Cixi : the concubine who launched modern China / Jung Chang.

By
Chang, Jung, 1952-

Publication Date
2013

Publication Information
Toronto : Random House of Canada,

Physical Description
xiii, 436 p. : ill. (some col.)

Subject Term
Empresses -- China -- Biography.

Geographic Term
China -- History -- Guangxu, 1875-1908.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary
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.

Language
English

ISBN
9780307357540
 
9780307357557


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Corner Brook (WCB)Adult BioAdult BiographyB C49CChecked In
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)ADULT BIO - BASEMENTAdult Biography - BasementB C49CChecked In
St. John's - Marjorie Mews (SJA)Adult BioAdult BiographyB C49CChecked In