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Empress dowager Cixi [electronic resource] : China's last dynasty and the long reign of a formidable concubine : legends and lives during the declining days of the Qing Dynasty / X.L. Woo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woo, X. L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Empresses--China--Biography.
- Empresses.
- China--History--Guangxu, 1875-1908.
- China.
- Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908.
- Cixi.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In all the history of China, only two women ever conquered and held the heights of power. Both enjoyed long reigns characterized by ruthless intrigue; they maintained an iron grip at the center while the vast country was torn by rebellions and caught up i
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Rising to the top
- pt. 2. A balancing act
- pt. 3. Tumbling down.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610655632
- 1-280-65563-1
- 0-87586-166-0
- OCLC:
- 476113884
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