The Last Empress - Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China

Zusatztext This well written and exciting book tells the unforgettable story of a woman who had a profound influence on 20th-century history. Informationen zum Autor Hannah Pakula attended Wellesley College, the Sorbonne and Southern Methodist University. She is a book reviewer for the Los Angeles Times. Klappentext Entertaining and masterly biography of Madame Chiang Kai-shek - the woman who built modern China. Entertaining and masterly biography of Madame Chiang Kai-shek - the woman who built modern China. Zusammenfassung Entertaining and masterly biography of Madame Chiang Kai-shek - the woman who built modern China.

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This engrossing biography tells of her fight to thrive at the world's top tables. Boyd Tonkin INDEPENDENT i NEWSPAPER

Product details

• Authors: Hannah Pakula, Pakula Hannah
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2010
• EAN: 9780753828021
• ISBN: 978-0-7538-2802-1
• No. of pages: 848
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 234 mm x 60 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / China, HISTORY / Women, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, Biography: historical, political and military