Heavenly Secret The Qing Dynasty Imperial Power Transition Chronicle

Author: Gao Mian
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Publishing Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book, which unravels the mysteries of history, genuinely records the intricate and subtle internal secrets during the transfer of power among one great khan and eleven emperors of the Qing Dynasty over nearly three centuries. In the struggle for supreme authority, fathers and sons, brothers and sisters-in-law, uncles and nephews, empresses and concubines, as well as subordinates and family members, were destroyed. Amidst the bloodshed, there were plots and wisdom, cunning and suspense. Story after story of fierce power struggles on the political arena reads as if striking the table in frustration, blood surging, and leaving one sighing in contemplation.