The Empress Dowager Cixi The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Informationen zum Autor Jung Chang is the best-selling author of Wild Swans (1991, which the Asian Wall Street Journal called the most read book about China), and Mao: The Unknown Story (2005, with Jon Halliday), which was described by Time Magazine as 'an atom bomb of a book'. Her books have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 15 million copies outside mainland China where they are both banned.. She was born in China in 1952, and came to Britain in 1978. She lives in London. Klappentext EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for 47 years, transforming it from a medieval state into a modern society. This groundbreaking biography will revolutionise historical thinking about a crucial period in China's - and the world's - history, and is another fascinating and gripping read from the author of WILD SWANS and MAO: THE UNTOLD STORY.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jung Chang, Jung Chang
• Verlag: JONATHAN CAPE
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.09.2013
• Thema: Sachbuch
• EAN: 9780224087445
• ISBN: 978-0-224-08744-5
• Anzahl Seiten: 436
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 15.3 x 23.2 x 3.6 cm
• Serie: JONATHAN CAPE
• Themen: Biographien (div.); Frau; Berichte, Erinnerungen; China : Geschichte