Book description
Discover the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age, from the bestselling author of Wild Swans
In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in Chinese history - brought a medieval empire into the modern age.…
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1 author picked Empress Dowager Cixi as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I found this book to be an entertaining and informative story about someone who helped transform China from a medieval empire to a modern state which would offer a bright future for China at the beginning of the twentieth century.
This was an era that I had little knowledge of and the book made me realise what adverse conditions the people of China had been through at that time.
From John's list on little-known figures that have helped shape history.
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