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From the bestselling author of Wild Swans and Mao: The Unknown Story In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi - the most important woman in Chinese history - brought a medieval empire into the modern age. Under her, the ancient country attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state and it was she who abolished gruesome punishments like `death by a thousand cuts' and put an end to foot-binding. Jung Chang comprehensively overturns the conventional view of Cixi as... Ships from and sold by Experal SINGAPORE Publisher: Vintage Publishing ISBN 13: 9780099532392 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 528 Weight: 419.99 (gram) Dimensons: 198 x 130 x 34 (mm)