Twilight in the Forbidden City

Author: Reginald F. Johnston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108029655
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 573

Book Description
Johnson's account of the last years of the Chinese Qing dynasty provides a unique Western perspective on this historic period.

Twilight in the Forbidden City

Author: Reginald Fleming Johnston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781774640265
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
From 1919 to 1924, R.F. Johnston, a British colonial official, scholar, writer and great admirer of Chinese culture, served as tutor and adviser to the last Emperor of China, who had abdicated his throne in 1912. However, in order to ensure a rapid and peaceful transfer of power, the emperor was allowed to retain his title and was permitted to remain in residence in the Forbidden City in Beijing [Peking], which he did until the winter of 1924. This book, first published in 1934, is Johnston's account of that period, during which he was uniquely placed to observe the twilight years of the Ch'ing Dynasty.

From emperor to citizen : the autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi. 1

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 498

Book Description

Buddhist China

Author: Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddha (The concept)
Languages : en
Pages : 514

Book Description
"L'ouvrage traite dans les sept premiers chapitres du développement du bouddhisme Mahayana en Chine puis dans les six derniers chapitres de deux sites très réputés en Chine pour leurs activités religieuses, plus particulièrement bouddhistes. Le premier de ces sites est la montagne sacrée Jiuhua située dans la province d'Anhui. Le second site est la célèbre île de Putuo ou Putuoshan, située au large des côtes de la province du Zhejiang.

The Gates of Twilight

Author: Paula Volsky
Publisher: Spectra
ISBN: 0307784258
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 470

Book Description
In a fragile alliance, the natives are stirring uneasily under their foreign rulers. Rebellion is brewing, and at the heart of the conflict lies the bloody and powerful cult of the god Aoun, whose followers will stop at nothing to rid their land of alien domination. So civil servant Renille vo Chaumelle, scion of a proud, conquering line mingled with native blood, is conscripted as a spy and ordered to penetrate the fortress-temple known as the Fastness of the Gods. There he is to discover the secrets of the priests of Aoun and - if the chance presents itself - assassinate the lead priest, named in legend as the god's own son. But in the holiest depths of the temple, Renille finds there is more to the cult than his superiors suspect - far more than they will ever believe. What he learns leads him to the beautiful princess Jathondi, daughter of the native ruler, who is fated to be the crux of a violent confrontation between the fanatic followers of a flesh-hungry god and their arrogant overlords. Together, Jathondi and Renille must brave a whirlwind of revolution and apocalyptic magic that could shatter a nation, and open the long-sealed portal between heaven and earth.

Forbidden City

Author: William Bell
Publisher: Seal Books
ISBN: 0385674120
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
Seventeen-year-old Alex Jackson comes home from school to find that his father, a CBC news cameraman, wants to take him to China's capital, Beijing. Once there, Alex finds himself on his own in Tian An Men Square as desperate students fight the Chinese army for their freedom. Separated from his father and carrying illegal videotapes, Alex must trust the students to help him escape. Closely based on eyewitness accounts of the massacre in Beijing, Forbidden City is a powerful and frightening story.

The Last Emperor

Author: Edward Behr
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 9780553344745
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
Tells the story of Pu Yi, who became Emperor of China at age three, was made puppet emperor of Manchuria by the Japanese, was captured by the Russians, and was reeducated in Red Chinese prison

Ashes of Twilight

Author: Kassy Tayler
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312641788
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
A whirlwind of adventure, romance, conspiracy and the struggle to stay alive in a dystopian world where nothing is as it seems.

Forbidden Tales

Author: Da Chen
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061957305
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
On the morning of Miu Miu's fifteenth birthday, her mother makes a startling revelation: Miu Miu's fate is to travel to the faraway city of Chang'an, avenge her father's death, and find her true love. But the evil emperor has other plans for her. Defeating him will take all of Miu Miu's courage, wit, and martial arts experience. Master storyteller Da Chen paints a vivid portrait of his native land in this classic tale of honor, adventure, and romance in ancient China.

Twilight of the Bombs

Author: Richard Rhodes
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307387410
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482

Book Description
The final volume in Richard Rhodes's prizewinning history of nuclear weapons offers the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in the post-Cold War age. The past twenty years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically. With extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding, Richard Rhodes makes clear how the five original nuclear powers--Russia, Great Britain, France, China, and especially the United States--have struggled with new realities. He reveals the real reasons George W. Bush chose to fight a second war in Iraq, assesses the emerging threat of nuclear terrorism, and offers advice on how our complicated relationships with North Korea and South Asia should evolve. Finally, he imagines what a post-nuclear world might look like, as only he can.