{"product_id":"the-dragon-throne-jonathan-fenby-9781784290733","title":"The Dragon Throne: China's Emperors from the Qin to the Manchu","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey were the most powerful rulers on earth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mighty Qin Shi Huangdu (r. 221-210 BC), who began the construction of the Great Wall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe long-lived Han emperor Wudi (r. 141-87 BC), who developed China as a centralized Confucian state. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe soldier-scholar Yongle (r. 1402-24 AD), who raised the Ming dynasty to its military peak. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dowager empress Cixi (r. 1861-1908 AD), who rose from humble Manchu origins to rule over all China. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Dragon Throne\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan Fenby tells the extraordinary story of imperial China through its 157 emperors, from Qin Shi Huangdu, who crushed his rivals to take supreme power as the first emperor in 221BC, until the final collapse of the faltering Manchu dynasty amidst the revolutionary chaos of the early twentieth century. The final emperor, the infant Puyi (r. 1908-12) ended his days as an assistant gardener in the very palace where he had been enthroned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Fenby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784290734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784290733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Jonathan Fenby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979673239807,"sku":"9781784290733","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_027b7ec5-3192-4809-a1a2-68e115f0f056.jpg?v=1683246458","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dragon-throne-jonathan-fenby-9781784290733","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}