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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
This narrative history of China's nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion (which cost some twenty million lives) brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and sometimes gruesome battles--a riveting, both sweeping and intimate portrait of the largest civil war in history.
2) The warlords
Series
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
This lavish historical epic is set in the midst of war and political upheaval during the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s.
Author
Publisher
E.P. Dutton
Pub. Date
[1983]
Language
English
Description
Abducted from his home by bandits, fifteen-year-old Wang Lee is rescued from slavery by a mysterious girl who introduces him to the Taiping Tienkuo, a secret society partly based on Christian principles and dedicated to the overthrow of the Manchu government.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
This narrative history of China's nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion (which cost some twenty million lives) brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and sometimes gruesome battles--a riveting, both sweeping and intimate portrait of the largest civil war in history. Occurring in the 1850s, this is the story of a cultural movement characterized by intriguing personages such as influential military strategist Zeng Guofan...
Author
Publisher
Temple University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"In 1784, when Americans first voyaged to China, they confronted Chinese authorities who were unaware that the United States even existed. Nevertheless, a long, complicated, and fruitful trade relationship was born after American traders, missionaries, diplomats, and others sailed to China with lofty ambitions: to acquire fabulous wealth, convert China to Christianity, and even command a Chinese army. In America's First Adventure in China, John Haddad...