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Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang
24.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the centre of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history. Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the 'Father ...Show more
The Empress Dowager Cixi - The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang
54.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: good-very good
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 sixteen, in a nationwide selection for royal consorts, Cixi was chosen as one of the emperor's numerous concubines and sexual part ...Show more
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
28.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans a popular bestseller and a critically acclaimed history of China that opened up the country to the world. Through the story of three generations of women in her own family-the grandmother given to the warlord as a concubine, the Communist mother, and the d ...Show more
Wild Swans - Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
36.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
A new edition of one of the bestselling and best-loved books of recent years, with a new introduction by the author. The publication of 'Wild Swans' in 1991 was a worldwide phenomenon. Not only did it become the bestselling non-fiction book in British publishing history, with sales of well over two mill ...Show more
Wild Swans -Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
27.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: good
A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.
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