Imperial woman : the story of the last Empress of China
Buck, Pearl S. (, 1892-1973)
Imperial woman : the story of the last Empress of China / Pearl S. Buck - New York : Moyer Bell , 2009, c1956. - 376 p. ; 22 cm. - Oriental novels of Pearl S. Buck .
Tzu Hsi, the last ruling Empress of China, lived in a crucial period of history, when China was struggling against encroachment while at the same time the need for modern reform was obvious. Tzu Hsi was conservative and independent but ruthless when necessry. She is portrayed in this book as accurately as possible from resources available and the author's own memories of how the Chinese whom she knew in her childhood felt about Tzu Hsi.
9781559210355
90020531
Hsi, Tzu, Empress dowager of China , 1835-1908 ----Fiction
Empresses----Fiction
China----History----19th century----Fiction
Biographical fiction
PS3503.U198 / I5 1991
FIC BUC
Imperial woman : the story of the last Empress of China / Pearl S. Buck - New York : Moyer Bell , 2009, c1956. - 376 p. ; 22 cm. - Oriental novels of Pearl S. Buck .
Tzu Hsi, the last ruling Empress of China, lived in a crucial period of history, when China was struggling against encroachment while at the same time the need for modern reform was obvious. Tzu Hsi was conservative and independent but ruthless when necessry. She is portrayed in this book as accurately as possible from resources available and the author's own memories of how the Chinese whom she knew in her childhood felt about Tzu Hsi.
9781559210355
90020531
Hsi, Tzu, Empress dowager of China , 1835-1908 ----Fiction
Empresses----Fiction
China----History----19th century----Fiction
Biographical fiction
PS3503.U198 / I5 1991
FIC BUC
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