Sledge, Linda Ching
Empire of heaven / Linda Ching Sledge - Reprint ed. - New York : Bantam, 1991. - 618 p. 18 cm.
From superstition-bound peasant villages to the perfumed decadence of the Forbidden City, Manchu China was a land of extremes. Its people lived in near enslavement to the emperor. Then came Hung, a charismatic new leader who promised hope to the masses - an Empire of heaven on earth.
0553286935 (mass market paperback) 9780553286939 (mass market paperback)
China History Taiping Rebellion 1850-1864 Fiction
English fiction
United States
813.54 S632E 1991
Empire of heaven / Linda Ching Sledge - Reprint ed. - New York : Bantam, 1991. - 618 p. 18 cm.
From superstition-bound peasant villages to the perfumed decadence of the Forbidden City, Manchu China was a land of extremes. Its people lived in near enslavement to the emperor. Then came Hung, a charismatic new leader who promised hope to the masses - an Empire of heaven on earth.
0553286935 (mass market paperback) 9780553286939 (mass market paperback)
China History Taiping Rebellion 1850-1864 Fiction
English fiction
United States
813.54 S632E 1991