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010 _a90020531
020 _a9781559210355
050 0 0 _aPS3503.U198
_bI5 1991
082 0 0 _aFIC BUC
100 1 _aBuck, Pearl S.
_q(Pearl Sydenstricker)
_d(, 1892-1973)
245 1 0 _aImperial woman
_b: the story of the last Empress of China
_c/ Pearl S. Buck
260 _aNew York
_b: Moyer Bell
_c, 2009, c1956.
300 _a376 p.
_c; 22 cm.
490 1 _aOriental novels of Pearl S. Buck
520 _aTzu 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.
600 1 0 _aHsi, Tzu, Empress dowager of China
_d, 1835-1908
_v--Fiction
650 0 _aEmpresses
_v--Fiction
651 0 _aChina
_x--History
_y--19th century
_v--Fiction
655 7 _aBiographical fiction
942 _cMO
999 _c269663
_d269663