Description
For two years, Der Ling was the favorite lady-in-waiting to the Empress Dowager Cixi in the imperial palace in Beijing. This book provides a unique and surprisingly intimate portrait of the Dragon Lady, who ruled China for 47 years, and brought the country to the brink of destruction.
Author: Der Ling
Publisher: China Economic Review Publishing for Earnshaw
Published: 03/02/2022
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9789881714992
ISBN10: 9881714990
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Royalty
- History | Asia | China
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
About the Author
Princess Der Ling was born in 1885, the daughter of Lord Yu Keng who served as Chinese minister to Japan and then as minister to France for four years from 1899. She received a Western education in Paris and in 1903 at the age of 18, entered the palace as a lady-in-waiting to the Empress Dowager, acting as her interpreter and helper. She left the palace in March 1905 to be with her father, who died in Shanghai that year. She married an American named Thaddeus White in 1907, published this book in 1911 and died in the United States in 1944.
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