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The True Story of the Empress Dowager
The True Story of the Empress Dowager ab 22.99 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Englische Taschenbücher,- Shop: hugendubel
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The Dowager Countess And The American Girl (1903)
The Dowager Countess And The American Girl (1903) ab 24.49 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Romane & Erzählungen,- Shop: hugendubel
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Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 994min
Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for decades and brought a medieval empire into the modern age. At the age of 16, in a nationwide selection for royal consorts, Cixi was chosen as one of the emperor's numerous concubines. When he died in 1861, their five-year-old son succeeded to the throne. Cixi at once launched a palace coup against the regents appointed by her husband and made herself the real ruler of China - behind the throne, literally, with a silk screen separating her from her officials who were all male. In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Cixi fought against monumental obstacles to change China. Under her the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state: industries, railways, electricity, the telegraph and an army and navy with up-to-date weaponry. It was she who abolished gruesome punishments like "death by a thousand cuts" and put an end to foot-binding. She inaugurated women's liberation and embarked on the path to introduce parliamentary elections to China. Chang comprehensively overturns the conventional view of Cixi as a diehard conservative and cruel despot. Cixi reigned during extraordinary times and had to deal with a host of major national crises: the Taiping and Boxer rebellions, wars with France and Japan - and an invasion by eight allied powers including Britain, Germany, Russia and the United States. Jung Chang not only records the Empress Dowager's conduct of domestic and foreign affairs, but also takes the listener into the depths of her splendid Summer Palace and the harem of Beijing's Forbidden City, where she lived surrounded by eunuchs - one of whom she fell in love, with tragic consequences. The world Chang describes here, in fascinating detail, seems almost unbelievable in its extraordinary mixture of the very old and the very new. Based on newly available, mostly Chinese, histo ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jolene Kim. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003680/bk_rand_003680_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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An Account Of The Conduct Of The Dowager Duchess Of Marlborough
An Account Of The Conduct Of The Dowager Duchess Of Marlborough ab 51.49 € als gebundene Ausgabe: From Her First Coming To Court To The Year 1710 (1742). Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Gebundene Ausgaben,- Shop: hugendubel
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Qing Dynasty empresses
Qing Dynasty empresses ab 15.99 € als Taschenbuch: Empress Dowager Cixi Empress Dowager Ci'an Wan Rong Empress Xiao Jing Cheng Ulanara the Step Empress Empress Xiao Xian Chun Fuca Empress Xian Chun Empress Dowager Longyu Empress Xiao-Zhe Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang Niuhuru. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Belletristik, Briefe & Biografien,- Shop: hugendubel
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Letter Of An Italian Refugee On His Exile Addressed To The Countess Dowager Of Belmore (1827)
Letter Of An Italian Refugee On His Exile Addressed To The Countess Dowager Of Belmore (1827) ab 20.49 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Romane & Erzählungen,- Shop: hugendubel
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The High And Puissant Princess Marguerite Of Austria
The High And Puissant Princess Marguerite Of Austria ab 33.49 € als Taschenbuch: Princess Dowager Of Spain Duchess Dowager Of Savoy Regent Of The Netherlands (1907). Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,- Shop: hugendubel
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A True Copy Of The Last Will And Testament Of Her Grace Sarah Late Duchess Dowager Of Marlborough With The Codicil Thereto Annexed (1744)
A True Copy Of The Last Will And Testament Of Her Grace Sarah Late Duchess Dowager Of Marlborough With The Codicil Thereto Annexed (1744) ab 37.99 € als gebundene Ausgabe: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Gebundene Ausgaben,- Shop: hugendubel
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In Her Footsteps
Follow the paths of trailblazing women and discover the places where they changed the world. A journey to the heart of women's activism, history and creativity through the ages. From rulers like Queen Hatshepsut and Empress Dowager Cixi, and suffragette heroes like Sylvia Pankhurst and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, to the workrooms of Frida Kahlo and Virginia Woolf, and the tennis courts of the Williams sisters - we celebrate female pioneers from around the world.- Shop: buecher
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925
925 ab 15.99 € als Taschenbuch: 925 births 925 deaths 925 disestablishments Kingdom of Asturias Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi Widukind of Corvey Nicholas Mystikos John I Tzimiskes Wang Zongbi Empress Dowager Cao Consort Dowager Liu. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Wirtschaft & Soziales,- Shop: hugendubel
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