The last decades of the nineteenth century were a violent period in
China's history, marked by humiliating foreign incursions and
domestic rebellions and ending in the demise of the Ch'ing Dynasty.
The only constant during this tumultuous time was the power wielded
by one woman, the resilient, ever-resourceful Tsu Hsi -- or Empress
Orchid, as readers came to know her in Anchee Min's critically
acclaimed, best-selling novel covering her rise to power.
The Last Empress is the story of Orchid's dramatic transition from
a strong-willed, instinctive young woman to a wise and politically
savvy leader who ruled China for more than four decades. In this
concluding volume Min gives us a compelling, very human leader who
assumed power reluctantly and sacrificed all to protect those she
loved and an empire that was doomed to die.
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