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Jonathan Fenby The Dragon Throne (Paperback). Author: Jonathan Fenby. Title: The Dragon Throne. Format: Paperback. The mighty Qin Shi Huangdu (r. 221-210 BC), who began the construction of the Great Wall. Subtitle: China's Emperors from the Qin to the Manchu. Further DetailsTitle: The Dragon Throne Condition: New Subtitle: China's Emperors from the Qin to the Manchu Author: Jonathan Fenby Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 1784290734 EAN: 9781784290733 ISBN: 9781784290733 Publisher: Quercus Publishing Genre: Law & Politics Topic: History Release Date: 07/02/2015 Description: They were the most powerful rulers on earth. The mighty Qin Shi Huangdu (r. 221-210 BC), who began the construction of the Great Wall. The long-lived Han emperor Wudi (r. 141-87 BC), who developed China as a centralized Confucian state. The soldier-scholar Yongle (r. 1402-24 AD), who raised the Ming dynasty to its military peak. The dowager empress Cixi (r. 1861-1908 AD), who rose from humble Manchu origins to rule over all China. In The Dragon Throne , Jonathan Fenby tells the extraordinary story of imperial China through its 157 emperors, from Qin Shi Huangdu, who crushed his rivals to take supreme power as the first emperor in 221BC, until the final collapse of the faltering Manchu dynasty amidst the revolutionary chaos of the early twentieth century. The final emperor, the infant Puyi (r. 1908-12) ended his days as an assistant gardener in the very palace where he had been enthroned. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 128mm Item Width: 24mm Item Weight: 260g Release Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
