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Author Bland, J. O. P. (John Otway Percy), 1863-1945
Author Backhouse, E. (Edmund), Sir, 1873-1944
LoC No. a10001730
Title China under the Empress Dowager : Being the history of the life and times of Tzŭ Hsi
Original Publication Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1910.
Note "Since [Backhouse's] death, [...], it has been established that the major source of his China Under the Empress Dowager is a forgery, most likely by Backhouse himself." --Wikipedia page on Sir Edmund Backhouse, 2nd Baronet, viewed Nov. 7, 2023.
Credits Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language English
LoC Class DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
Subject Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908
Subject Empresses -- China -- Biography
Subject China -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Subject China -- History -- 19th century
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EBook-No. 72032
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