Authors Bland and Backhouse take you inside the Forbidden City during the reign of Empress Dowager Cixi (1861-1908), a world of power-thirsty eunuchs, concubines and Mandarins,
Authors Bland and Backhouse take you inside the Forbidden City during the reign of Empress Dowager Cixi (1861-1908), a world of power-thirsty eunuchs,...
China's capital has always been viewed as one of the world's most mysterious cities. It was forbidden for hundred of years to Westerner, but its role as the centre of the world's greatest empire has made it the focus of enormous curiosity since the days of Marco Polo.
China's capital has always been viewed as one of the world's most mysterious cities. It was forbidden for hundred of years to Westerner, but its role ...
Pirates, plagues, pistols, and poisons: with adventure of all varieties, this is a rollicking journey into colonial Hong Kong. A collection of historical odds and ends stories, quotations, cartoons, postcards, and drawings this book recounts in thrilling detail how a barren rock seemingly destined to fail rose to become one of the richest trading outposts in Asia."
Pirates, plagues, pistols, and poisons: with adventure of all varieties, this is a rollicking journey into colonial Hong Kong. A collection of histori...
