Jonathan D Spence is a prolific historian of Chinese imperial history. Here are two excellent books by him in my library. Emperor of China is…
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Day: February 10, 2020
Excellent book – The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting: Wannsee and the Final Solution
27 Jan 2020 was the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Red army. This is a slim 150-page book…
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Omens and the Ming emperor – Tale of Two Melons: Emperor and Subject in Ming China
This 141-page book is an evocative book about the relationship between the Ming emperor and his subjects, the ambiguity of omens and the long memory…
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