Dragon Lady. The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China.
London. Macmillan. 1992. xv + 601pp, index, a little very light soiling edges, very good copy in dustjacket. The reptilian image of Tzu His, the last Empress of China was largely based on the writings of Sir Edmund Backhouse. Sterling Seagrave explains how this myth was contrived and with the..... More