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Review: Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of ChinaUser Review - Quillslinger - GoodreadsGood book, very historically descriptive with gripping writing, a nice insight of the social Norms of the time Read full review Review: Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of ChinaUser Review - Mj Imburgia - Goodreadshaving spent considerable time in Hong Kong and China I absolutely recommend this. The Empress gets a bad rep - and I'm sure for good reason in many instances - but this is a great look into her life ... Read full review Related books
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24 other sections not shown Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesA-lu-te Allied army attack audience became beheaded Boxers British legation brother Chinese Ching Dynasty Chun clan commander concubine Conger court death Derling diplomatic dowager empress dowager's Dynasty edict Edmund Backhouse Emperor Kuang Hsu empress dowager Empress Wu eunuchs Feng's fire Forbidden City force foreign Gang of Eight Genyosha Grand Councillor Hanlin Hart to Campbell Hart's Hsi's Hsien Feng Hsu's Hui-men Hung-chang ibid imperial Ironhats Japan Japanese Jehol June Jung Lu Kang Yu-wei Kang's Kung's Kwong Lady later Li's Liang looting MacDonald Manchu mandarins military minister missionaries Morrison diary murder officials Peking Prince Ching Prince Kung Prince Tuan reform scholars secret sent Shanghai Shantung Shun siege Sir Claude Sir Robert Hart soldiers Summer Palace Taipings Taku throne Tientsin tion troops Tseng Tsungli Yamen Tuan's Tung Chih Tzu Hsi Viceroy Weng Western Wild Fox Kang woman women wrote Yehenara young Yu Hsien Yuan Shih-kai Yuan's References to this bookFrom Google ScholarSpirit-Writing and the Development of Chinese CultsGraeme Lang, Lars Ragvald - 1998 - Sociology of Religion Loss of a Recorded Heritage: Destruction of Chinese Books in the ...Cheng Huanwen, Donald G Davis Jr - 2007 - Library Trends Bibliographic information
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