Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

In this ground-breaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi fought against monumental obstacles to change China. Under her the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state: industries, railways, electricity, telegraph, and an army and navy with up-to-date weaponry.

• | Author: Jung Chang
• | Publisher: Anchor
• | Publication Date: September 09, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 464 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0307456706
• | ISBN-13: 9780307456700