Empress and Mrs. Conger – The Uncommon Friendship of Two Women and Two Worlds

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-02-01
Mått:158 x 235 x 29 mm
Vikt:796 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Hong Kong University Press
Antal sidor:362
Förlag:Hong Kong University Press
ISBN:9789888083008

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Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Grant Hayter-Menzies's first book for Hong Kong University Press was Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling. He is also the biographer of stage and screen stars Charlotte Greenwood and Billie Burke. He lives in Sidney, British Columbia, where he is working on a book about Pauline Benton, the American-born Chinese shadow theater master.

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Hayter-Menzies takes advantage of his literary talent and cultural sensibility, telling a story about the friendship of two extraordinary women and their experience in a changing world. -- Shuo Wang, California State University Stanislaus