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New York: John Day, 1956. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (small marks on page edges - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 376 (from Elizabeth Jane Howard's library with her bookstamp on front free endpaper; no inscriptions).
Synopsis
Imperial Woman is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1956. Imperial Woman is a fictionalized biography of Ci-xi (Tz'u Hsi in Wade-Giles), who was a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor and on his death became the de facto head of the Qing Dynasty until her death in 1908 (before which the novel ends). The story of Tzu Hsi is the story of the last Empress in China. In the novel Nobel Prize winner Pearl S.
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- Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 174191
- Title
- IMPERIAL WOMAN
- Author
- BUCK Pearl S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: John Day, 1956
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