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Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Changed China's Destiny. 1835–1908

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Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Changed China's Destiny. 1835–1908
19.99 €
Empress Cixi, one of the greatest female rulers in history, held supreme power in her hands as regent of the three emperors of the Middle Kingdom for 47 years. During her reign, "from behind the screen" many industries were started, and the first railroads and telegraph service appeared. It was Cixi who abolished torturous corporal punishment, forbade bandaging girls' feet, gave women the right to receive education and work. Empress Dowager enjoyed the love of her people, ministers of the Western powers considered her "equal to Catherine the Great in Russia, Elizabeth in England". However, as a result of the slanderous activities of her political opponents, Cixi earned a reputation as a reckless tyrant and opponent of modernization. The book by authoritative historian Jun Chang, based on the memoirs of contemporaries and indisputable archival data, is not only the most complete biography of Cixi, but also an "acquittal" of China's most controversial ruler.
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