The last decades of the nineteenth century were a violent period in China's history marked by humiliating foreign incursions and domestic rebellion, ultimately ending in the demise of the Ch'ing dynasty. The only constant during this tumultuous time was the power wielded by one person, the resilient, ever-resourceful Tzu Hsi, Lady Yehonala -- or Empress Orchid, as readers came to know her in Anchee Min's critically acclaimed novel covering the first part of her life.
The Last Empress is the story of Orchid's dramatic transition from a strong-willed, instinctive young woman to a wise and politically savvy leader who ruled China for more than four decades. Moving from the intimacy of the concubine quarters into the spotlight of the world stage, Orchid must face not only the perilous condition of her empire but also a series of devastating personal losses, as first her son and then her adopted son succumb to early death. Yearning only to step aside, and yet growing constantly into her role, only she—allied with the progressives, but loyal to the conservative Manchu clan of her dynasty—can hold the nation's rival factions together.
Anchee Min offers a powerful revisionist portrait based on extensive research of one of the most important figures in Chinese history. Viciously maligned by the western press of the time as the "Dragon Lady," a manipulative, blood-thirsty woman who held onto power at all costs, the woman Min gives us is a compelling, very human leader who assumed power reluctantly, and who sacrificed all she had to protect those she loved and an empire that was doomed to die.
發表於2024-11-23
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我不知道為什麼,我曾經想拋開一切曆史上對慈禧的偏見,隻拿這本當個女人的故事看,可是總是覺得脫不瞭那些乾係。可能作者寫給對中國曆史不是那麼感情投入的外國人,也許還可以得到點共鳴。我,可能已經被洗腦很久瞭,看不慣瞭。 換個角度想想,當年我看法國最後的皇後marie-a...
評分dear ange: haha so happy to wirte to you,and i ‘m read your mail,i think you are not very will,right? if you have something in your deep heart,you can say it to me,i will be a good hearer。maybe you will happy after you said all the boring things...
評分我不知道為什麼,我曾經想拋開一切曆史上對慈禧的偏見,隻拿這本當個女人的故事看,可是總是覺得脫不瞭那些乾係。可能作者寫給對中國曆史不是那麼感情投入的外國人,也許還可以得到點共鳴。我,可能已經被洗腦很久瞭,看不慣瞭。 換個角度想想,當年我看法國最後的皇後marie-a...
評分dear ange: haha so happy to wirte to you,and i ‘m read your mail,i think you are not very will,right? if you have something in your deep heart,you can say it to me,i will be a good hearer。maybe you will happy after you said all the boring things...
評分dear ange: haha so happy to wirte to you,and i ‘m read your mail,i think you are not very will,right? if you have something in your deep heart,you can say it to me,i will be a good hearer。maybe you will happy after you said all the boring things...
圖書標籤: Anchee 近代史 英文原版 中國曆史 Min 人物傳記 英文書 Orchid
第一本讓我每個字母都讀進心裏的書!角度很不一樣,很pro慈禧和李鴻章,寫的真的太好瞭!
評分神奇瞭 冷門書籍有沒有 倒退三年想必我也不會再賣
評分第一本讓我每個字母都讀進心裏的書!角度很不一樣,很pro慈禧和李鴻章,寫的真的太好瞭!
評分我怎麼看怎麼覺得彆扭,但是還是在繼續看。我要看看,這個作者要怎麼意淫中國最後的一個皇太後。我試圖拋棄原來的一切成見,那這書當fiction小說看。
評分看完就落在瞭酒店,曆史不可再迴首,多應景
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