The story of two women from worlds that could not seem farther apart--imperial China and the American Midwest--who found common ground before and after one of the greatest clashes between East and West, the fifty-five-day siege of the Beijing foreign legations known as the Boxer Uprising. Using diaries, letters and untapped sources, The Empress and Mrs. Conger traces the parallel lives of the Empress Dowager Cixi and American diplomat's wife Sarah Pike Conger, which converged to alter their perspectives of each other and ...
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The story of two women from worlds that could not seem farther apart--imperial China and the American Midwest--who found common ground before and after one of the greatest clashes between East and West, the fifty-five-day siege of the Beijing foreign legations known as the Boxer Uprising. Using diaries, letters and untapped sources, The Empress and Mrs. Conger traces the parallel lives of the Empress Dowager Cixi and American diplomat's wife Sarah Pike Conger, which converged to alter their perspectives of each other and each other's worlds.
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Fine. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 368 p. Contains: Unspecified, Halftones, black & white. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Inscribed By Author (HK) Presumed 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page with red chop: "To J---and P----/ wonderful man and wonderful friends/ with love/ Grant", no other markigns, slight bump to lwoer corner of front cover, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, xv, 325pp, index, no illus. This bok documents the parallel lives of the Dowager Empress Cixi and the American diplomat's wife Sarah Pike Conger during the time of the Boxer Uprising in Beijing. (2.2 JM 0522.
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New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 368 p. Contains: Unspecified, Halftones, black & white. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
