Johnston Puyi

Born in 1835 as Yehe Nara Xingzhen to one of the most influential Manchu families, the future Emp...

In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi – the mos...

After Cixi seized power, the brilliant queen regent of China never let it go and guided her peopl...

When Xianfeng died in 1861, Cixi's five-year-old son was his only male heir and became the empero...