Author: Puyi
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Published: 2010-03
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1602397325
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1908 at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty. After revolutionaries forced Pu Yi to abdicate in 1911, the young emperor lived for thirteen years in Peking’s Forbidden City, but with none of the power his birth afforded him. The remainder of Pu Yi’s life was lived out in a topsy-turvy fashion: fleeing from a Chinese warlord, becoming head of a Japanese puppet state, being confined to a Russian prison in Siberia, and enduring taxing labor. The Last Manchu is a unique, enthralling record of China’s most turbulent, dramatic years.
Author: Evelyn S. Rawski
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1998-11-15
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780520926790
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was the last and arguably the greatest of the conquest dynasties to rule China. Its rulers, Manchus from the north, held power for three centuries despite major cultural and ideological differences with the Han majority. In this book, Evelyn Rawski offers a bold new interpretation of the remarkable success of this dynasty, arguing that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture, as has previously been believed, but rather from an artful synthesis of Manchu leadership styles with Han Chinese policies.
Author: Robert Elegant
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2017-01-17
Total Pages: 534
ISBN-13: 1504042263
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →New York Times Bestseller: This epic novel of the conquest of the Ming dynasty “does for 17th-century China what James Clavell’s Shogun did for 16th-century Japan” (The Christian Science Monitor). Francis Arrowsmith is a man without a country, a soldier-of-fortune in search of a war. An English orphan raised in France by exiled Jesuits, he hopes to make a quick pile out of his rare skills in building and operating artillery. Little does he know that when he joins a Portuguese expedition to aid the decadent and corrupt Ming dynasty in its fight against the Manchu invaders, he is embarking on a journey that will merge his destiny with the fate of China itself. From the opulent courts of the emperors to bloody battlefields, author Robert Elegant employs his deep knowledge and love of China to create a richly detailed world of dangers and delights, where the quest for power and pleasure drives men and women to extremes of both loyalty and betrayal. Manchu is the compellingly vivid story of an empire in its last agonies and the people caught up in its fateful drama by the Edgar Award–winning author of Mandarin and Dynasty.
Author: Edward Behr
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780553344745
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Tells the story of Pu Yi, who became Emperor of China at age three, was made puppet emperor of Manchuria by the Japanese, was captured by the Russians, and was reeducated in Red Chinese prison
Author: Emperor of china Hsuan t'ung
Publisher:
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William T. Rowe
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2010-02-15
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 0674054555
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West. This original, thought-provoking history of China's last empire is a must-read for understanding the challenges facing China today.
Author: Anchee Min
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2011-12-01
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 1408828995
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →'Vivid and entertaining ... this is history as it plays upon the emotions. Empires crumble, hearts are broken' THE TIMES From the bestselling author of Red Azalea comes the much-anticipated sequel to Empress Orchid At the end of the nineteenth century China is rocked by foreign attacks and local rebellions. The only constant is the power wielded by one woman, Tzu Hsi, also known as Empress Orchid, who must face the perilous condition of her empire and devastating personal losses. In this sequel to the bestselling Empress Orchid, Anchee Min brings to life one of the most important figures in Chinese history, a very human leader who sacrifices all she has to protect both those she loves and her doomed empire.
Author: Reginald F. Johnston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-06-30
Total Pages: 573
ISBN-13: 1108029655
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Johnson's account of the last years of the Chinese Qing dynasty provides a unique Western perspective on this historic period.