Imperial Masquerade

Imperial Masquerade
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Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Total Pages : 454
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ISBN-10 : 9622098819
ISBN-13 : 9789622098817
Rating : 4/5 (817 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Imperial Masquerade by : Grant Hayter-Menzies

Download or read book Imperial Masquerade written by Grant Hayter-Menzies and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling, the first biography of one of the twentieth century's most intriguing cross-cultural personalities, traces not only the life of Princess Der Ling, in all its various transformations, but offers a fresh look at the woman she lionized and, ultimately, betrayed - the Empress Dowager Cixi, to whom, like Der Ling, many legends have been affixed over the past century. The book also depicts the changing worlds of Paris, Tokyo and the other international stages of Der Ling's development as woman and as mystery, and deals with the many teachers who made her who she was." --Book Jacket.


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