The Dragon Throne: China's Emperors from the Qin to the Manchu

by Jonathan Fenby

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784290734
• ISBN13: 9781784290733
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"