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Empress Dowager Cixi

the Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Apr 13, 2014D060607210 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Author clearly has an agenda, and minimizes many of the Empress' mistakes and downright wicked behaviour, but overall it is a great book about a tremendous woman who was a victim of unbelievably greedy imperialism, all while trying to make positive changes in an ancient society comprising one third of the world's population.