Drawing on newly available sources, jung chang comprehensively overturns cixi s reputation as a conservative despot. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read mao. In this groundbreaking biography, jung chang vividly describes how cixi fought against monumental obstacles to change china. At age 16, cixi was chosen as one of the emperors concubines, albeit a lowranking one.
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Formally, cixi had no power, but she succeeded in mounting a coup against the regents with empress zhen, the late emperors principal wife, before he was buried. Jung chang has used extensive research into previously untapped sources to illuminate the life and reign of empress dowager cixi, the woman chang credits with ushering in the age of modernity in china. A new york times notable book an npr best book of the year in 1852, at age sixteen, cixi was chosen as one of emperor xianfengs numerous concubines. Three daughters of china by jung chang book resume. The concubine who launched modern china is a 20 biography written by jung chang, published by alfred a. The empress dowager cixi lived a remarkable life that is fully captured in jung changs 20 biography empress dowager cixi. The manchu empress dowager cixi 18351908 is generally thought of as a conservative figure in chinese history. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Empress dowager cixi jung chang pdf the concubine who. Buy empress dowager cixi by jung chang with free delivery. In this groundbreaking biography, jung chang shows that under cixi s rule china acquired virtually all the attributes of a modern state. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the empress dowager cixi, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country.