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| Original Title: | Imperial Woman: The Story of the Last Empress of China |
| ISBN: | 1559210354 (ISBN13: 9781559210355) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Tzu Hsi |
| Setting: | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
Pearl S. Buck
Paperback | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 4.05 | 6274 Users | 474 Reviews
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| Title | : | Imperial Woman |
| Author | : | Pearl S. Buck |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 2004 by Moyer Bell and its subsidiaries (first published 1956) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. China. Classics. Asia |
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Imperial Woman is the fictionalized biography of the last Empress in China, Ci-xi, who began as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor and on his death became the de facto head of the Qing Dynasty until her death in 1908.Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriguing rulers during a time of intense turbulence.Tzu Hsi was born into one of the lowly ranks of the Imperial dynasty. According to custom, she moved to the Forbidden City at the age of seventeen to become one of hundreds of concubines. But her singular beauty and powers of manipulation quickly moved her into the position of Second Consort.Tzu Hsi was feared and hated by many in the court, but adored by the people. The Empress's rise to power (even during her husband's life) parallels the story of China's transition from the ancient to the modern way.Rating Regarding Books Imperial Woman
Ratings: 4.05 From 6274 Users | 474 ReviewsComment On Regarding Books Imperial Woman
I thoroughly enjoyed learning about this era and this court culture, neither of which I knew anything about. The book is not always the easiest to read but what I took away from it far outweighs the sometimes slow reading and awkward sentences.Genuinely changed my perspective on imperialism and globalism, thank you Dragon Empress.
Good and evil mingled in her, but always in heroic dimensions.3.5 stars. This is the story of Empress Tzu-hsi, who ruled the Manchu dynasty in China for 47 years. In 1852 she was selected as a concubine for the Emperor. She was extremely strong-willed and decided that she would become the Emperor's favourite. She did this by studying 5 hours every day, staying up to date with all gossip, studying all edicts, becoming very close with the Dowager mother and ,according to this novel, giving up her
Great book! I read this book 30 years ago, and it was interesting to come back to it now. In the intervening years, I've read many excellent historical fiction novels by talented writers, such as Philippa Gregory, Margaret George, and Conn Iggulden. As a result, I enjoyed "Imperial Woman" this time around a little less than 30 years ago. Pearl Buck's style was slightly more plodding than that of the other authors whom I like better. The details she brought to the story were not quite as
I think perhaps Buck didn't know exactly what she wanted to write here. You can't have the love interest off stage for 90 percent of the time if you're writing a romance. If you're writing an historical epic you can't confine your character to one location of such a vast country. If you're writing a cautionary tale about power corrupting, there needs to be a gradual descent into evil, not jump from a simple country maid to an off-with-their-heads bitch in a page and a half. And if you're going
In this book Pearl Buck undertakes to tell the life story of Tsu Hsi from the age of seventeen, when she is chosen to be one of hundreds of concubines, to an old age as the last empress of China. All along the way, her beauty, intelligence and manipulative power enable her to survive crisis after crisis, reveling in the support and love of the Chinese people.It is a remarkable story of a remarkable woman, rising and ruling entirely in her own right. She must straddle the desires of her own heart
Why, yes, this is my fourth review of a book about Cixi. Im a little obsessed. (You can read my take on Anchee Mins books here and here and Jung Changs here.)When I saw that Pearl S. Buck had a novel about Cixi, I just had to read her version of this fascinating woman. While Buck was not a contemporary of Cixi, she lived in China while some of Cixis contemporaries still lived, and her legacy was still fresh in the minds of the people. Buck even says in her forward that she visited remote
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