Lu Xun is recognised as the preeminent man of letters of modern Chinese literature. Lu Xun is not his real name. He first used this…
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Tag: Political History of Revolutions & Coups
A gem – The World of a Tiny Insect: A Memoir of the Taiping Rebellion and its Aftermath
The World of a Tiny Insect is a wonderful memoir of a childhood spent in the violence of the Taiping Rebellion. The author was 7…
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A sad tragedy – China’s Civil War (New Approaches to Asian History)
This book is a tour de force. In a mere 280 pages, Lary has packed quotes, writings, and data that conveyed well the tragedy that…
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Scholarly book – The Boxers, China, and the World
This book is a compilation of 10 of the papers presented for a conference at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 2001, to…
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A gem – The Great Fear of 1857: Rumours, Conspiracies and the Making of the Indian Uprising
This excellent book focuses on the events of the first 6 months of 1857 which led to the outbreak of the Indian mutiny { called…
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Excellent history of an attempted coup in ancient China – Treason By The Book: Traitors, Conspirators and Guardians of an Emperor
Rumours as a source of evil has always bedevilled mankind. As early as the 18 th-century China , 14 Dec 1728 to be precise, General…
View More Excellent history of an attempted coup in ancient China – Treason By The Book: Traitors, Conspirators and Guardians of an Emperor