Dimensions
131 x 200 x 25mm
In 1851, a fifteen-year-old girl named Yehonala entered the Imperial Palace of China as a concubine third grade, leaving behind her family, the love of her life, and nearly all contact with the outside world. She emerged as Tsu Hsi, Dowager Empress of China and one of the most powerful autocrats in history.
A fascinating tale of love, betrayal, murder, intrigue, and survival, The Last Empress offers remarkable insight into life behind the closed doors of the forbidden city. Rejecting the common view of the Empress as simply a ruthless monster, Dr. Keith Laidler presents another side to this complex woman - as a victim of the corrupt and outmoded system that taught her the savage ways she practiced.
