The Last Empress

the She-Dragon of China

Keith Laidler

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English

Aziloth Books
09 April 2019

Biography: general; Biography: historical, political & military; Asian history; History: specific events & topics; Religious & theocratic ideologies

Forced to enter the Chinese Emperor's harem at the tender age of sixteen, Yehonala lost her family, her betrothed, and all hope of a normal life. Immured in the seraglio, her beauty and sexual expertise soon enthralled the Son of Heaven, and she was held in high favour as The Orchid, especially after presenting the Emperor with his only male heir.

But even with this protection she was far from safe. Yehonala had entered the perilous world of the Forbidden City, a shadowy demimonde peopled by unscrupulous nobles and calculating eunuchs - a milieu of luxury and intrigue, compounded equally of tradition and corruption, where a misplaced word or unthinking gesture might swiftly prove fatal.

Yet such was her own guile, courage and absolute refusal to countenance defeat, the Orchid slowly triumphed over every adversary to become Ci Xi, the Empress Dowager of China, and the most famous female autocrat in history.

By: Keith Laidler
Imprint: Aziloth Books
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9781911405849
ISBN 10: 1911405845
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 09 April 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Last Empress: the She-Dragon of China

".."". Laidler's book is meticulously researched and covers a fascinating period in Chinese history... "" (The Times) .."" Keith Laidler's absorbing new history of 19th century China... "" (Daily Mail) '... an engaging history of nineteenth-century court politics...' (Time Literary Supplement.) .."". a bloody, intense and absorbingly written story... (Good Book Guide) ' Laidler has written a page-turner of a book... ' (The Asian Review of Books) ...""a fascinating story..."" (Publishing News, 19 July 2002)"