Imperial Woman is the fictionalized biography of the last Empress in China, Ci-xi, who began as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor and on his death became the de facto head of the Qing Dynasty until her death in 1908.Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriguing rulers...
The New York Times bestselling account of Tzu Hsi, the concubine who became China's last empress, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Good Earth. Tzu Hsi ascended from concubine rank to become the working head of the Qing Dynasty, and Pearl S. Buck brings her narrative...
The New York Times bestselling account of Tzu Hsi, the concubine who became China's last empress, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Good Earth. Tzu Hsi ascended from concubine rank to become the working head of the Qing Dynasty, and Pearl S. Buck brings her narrative...