Dragon Lady. The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China.
London. Macmillan. 1992. Stock ID #51819 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 Sterling Seagrave explains how this myth was contrived and with the use of many unpublished and overlooked contemporary sources he reveals a very different portrait of Tzu Hsi. When referring to this item please quote stockid 51819.
xv + 601pp, index, a little very light soiling edges, very good copy in dustjacket.
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