THE LAST EMPEROR OF CHINA: Prisoner of History

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The Last Emperor of China: Prisoner of History

The life of Emperor P’u Yi, from ruler of the Celestial Empire to minor civil servant of the People’s Republic, is a tragic tale that echoes the cataclysmic events in twentieth-century China.

Heir to the 267-year-old Ch’ing dynasty, P’u Yi was catapulted to the Dragon Throne at the age of two. Overnight he became a living god, fawned over by eunuchs, but never allowed to venture beyond the walls of the Forbidden City.

When a revolution finally toppled his dynasty, P’u Yi was unprepared for the upheaval that followed and culminated in the new Communist order.

In these pages, he emerges as a naive and impressionable person, manipulated by successive governments and virtually imprisoned by historical events.

Author :		Anna Hestler
ISBN :		988-98269-3-3
Published :		2006
Size & Extent :		21cm x 15cm