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Min, Anchee, 1957-
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Cixi, Empress Dowager of China, 1835-1908 -- Fiction.
Empresses -- China -- Fiction.
China -- History -- Tongzhi, 1861-1875 -- Fiction.
China -- History -- Guangxu, 1875-1908 -- Fiction.
China -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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Min, Anchee, 1957-
Cixi, Empress Dowager of China, 1835-1908 -- Fiction.
Empresses -- China -- Fiction.
China -- History -- Tongzhi, 1861-1875 -- Fiction.
China -- History -- Guangxu, 1875-1908 -- Fiction.
China -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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The last
empress
/ Anchee Min.
by
Min, Anchee, 1957-
Houghton Mifflin, c2007.
Call #:
FICTION
MIN
Subjects
Cixi
,
Empress
Dowager
of
China
,
1835-1908
--
Fiction
.
Empresses
--
China
--
Fiction
.
China
--
History
--
Tongzhi, 1861-1875
--
Fiction
.
China
--
History
--
Guangxu, 1875-1908
--
Fiction
.
China
--
History
--
19th century
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9780618531462 (hc.)
Description:
308 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"The last decades of the nineteenth century were a violent period in
China
"s history marked by humiliating foreign incursions and domestic rebellion, ultimately ending in the demise of the Ch"ing dynasty. The only constant during this tumultuous time was the power wielded by one person: the resilient, ever-resourceful Tzu Hsi, or
Empress
Orchid, as readers came to know her in Anchee Min"s critically acclaimed novel covering the first part of this complex woman"s life. The Last
Empress
is the story of Orchid"s dramatic transition from a strong-willed, instinctive young woman to a wise and politically savvy leader. Moving from the intimacy of the concubine quarters into the spotlight of the world stage, Orchid must not only face the perilous condition of her empire but also a series of devastating personal losses, as first her son and then her adopted son succumb to early death. Yearning only to step aside, and yet growing constantly into her role, only she--allied with the progressives, but loyal to the conservative Manchu clan of her dynasty--can hold the nation"s rival factions together. Anchee Min offers a powerful revisionist portrait based on extensive research of one of the most important figures in Chinese history. Viciously maligned by the western press of the time as the "Dragon Lady," a manipulative, blood-thirsty woman who held onto power at all costs, the woman Min gives us is a compelling, very human leader who assumed power reluctantly, and who sacrificed all she had to protect those she loved and an empire that was doomed to die."--Inside jacket.
Genre:
Biographical
fiction
.
Historical
fiction
.
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