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The Dragon Empress  -  Life and Times of Tz'u-hsi 1835-1908 Empress Dowager Of China

The Author    Warner, Marina

The Title   The Dragon Empress - Life and Times of Tz'u-hsi 1835-1908 Empress Dowager Of China

Binding   Hardback with Dust Wrapper

The condition of the Book   Near Fine

The condition of the wrapper   Good or Better

Publisher    History Book Club 1972

The Illustrations or Illustrator   Illustrated with colour plates and mono photos throughout text.

Our reference number   481274

Biography of a Woman who ruled China from 1861 to 1908. Her career and character remind one rather of Queen Elizabeth I, 300 years earlier, with the same trickiness, and the same determination. Wrapper has shelf wear and small closed tears

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Price = 8.50 GBP

 

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