Annals and Memoirs of the Court of Peking: From the 16th to the 20th Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781410208668)

A serious and valuable account of the Chinese court, covering the Ming and Manchu dynasties with such chapter titles as: A Chinese Haroun Al Raschid An Infamous Eunuch Li Tzu-Ch'eng's Rebellion and the Fall of Peking Wu San-Kuei The Manchu Dynasty Established The Mings at Nanking The Sack of Yang Chou-Fu The Last of The Mings Emperor Shun Chih K'ang Hsi as a Father Tribulations of Yung Cheng Yung Cheng Dispenses Justice His Majesty Chi'ien Lung Downfall of Ho Shen Chia Ch'ing: The Beginning of The End Tao Kukang. The Impact of the West Hsien Feng and T'ung Chih: The Facile Descent Sorrows of His Majesty Kuang Hsu Memoirs of the Boxer Year (1900) Concerning the Old Buddha The Court Under the Last Regency Conclusion Index

Author: E. Backhouse, J. O. P. Bland
ISBN-10: 1410208664
ISBN-13: 9781410208668
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Language: English
Published: 10/13/2003
Pages: 592
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.00w x 1.44d