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The empress and Mrs. Conger : the uncommon friendship of two women and two worlds / Grant Hayter-Menzies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayter-Menzies, Grant, 1964- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conger, Sarah Pike, 1843-1932.
- Conger, Sarah Pike.
- Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908.
- Cixi.
- China--History--Guangxu, 1875-1908--Anecdotes.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (362 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2011]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In winter 1902, in the ruins of post-Boxer Uprising Beijing, two women from two different worlds joined hands in friendship-the former concubine and legendary tyrant Empress Dowager Cixi, and the Midwest-born, devoutly Christian diplomat's wife Sarah Pike Conger. Together, they made history.
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I - Eagle and Dragon; 1 - Farmer's daughter; 2 - Mother of China; 3 - High walls; 4 - Chinese Christians; 5 - Daws in peacock's feathers; 6 - Imperial audience; 7 - Christmas in Beijing; 8 - Unlocking the gates; Plate Section; 9 - Gathering storm; II - Battle in Beijing; 10 - Shadow Boxers; 11 - Siege; 12 - Survival; III - Saving Face; 13 - Loot; 14 - Reconciliation; 15 - Sisterhood; 16 - Portrait of a woman; 17 - Forbidden cities; 18 - Letters to China; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-315) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 988-220-755-3
- 988-8053-70-1
- OCLC:
- 768111298
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