I and Empress Dowager Cixi

Author: Princess Der Ling
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The author of this book is Princess Der Ling, the daughter of a high-ranking official in the Qing Dynasty, Yü Keng. She has special qualifications for writing this book. In this memoir, all the rules, customs, and the unique atmosphere of the court of Empress Dowager Cixi, the most famous woman in China at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, are presented to us with the of a Manchu woman who has personally witnessed and experienced them.