Buck including rare images from the author's estate. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck Quotes, Life, Humanitarian Efforts, Legacy. Much has been written about Tzu Hsi, but no other novel recreates her life-the extraordinary personality, together with the world of court intrigue and the period of national turmoil with which she dealt-as well as Imperial Woman. When the emperor dies, she finds herself in a role of supreme power, one she'll command for nearly fifty years. Already set apart on account of her beauty, she's determined to be the emperor's favorite, and devotes all of her talent and cunning to the task. Publication date 1991 Topics Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908 - Fiction., Empresses - Fiction.

Buck’s knowledge of and fascination with the Empress’s life are contagious. Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriguing rules during a time of intense turbulence. Born from a humble background, Tzu Hsi falls in love with her cousin Jung Lu, a handsome guardbut while still a teenager she is selected, along with her sister and hundreds of other. Buck: Narrator: Kirsten Potter: Runtime: 17.75 Hrs. Born from a humble background, Tzu Hsi falls in love with her cousin Jung Lu, a handsome guard-but while still a teenager she is selected, along with her sister and hundreds of other girls, for relocation to the Forbidden City. Buck brings to life the amazing story of Tzu Hsi, who rose from concubine status to become the working head of the Qing Dynasty.

BUCK, VLADIMIR AND EVDOKIA PETROV, ERNEST RAYMOND, JAMES KENNAWAY Empire of Fear. Buck brings to life the amazing story of Tzu Hsi, who rose from concubine status to become the working head of the Qing Dynasty. Buck The John Day Company Book A Novel PEARL S. From the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth: the New York Times–bestselling biography of Tzu Hsi, the concubine who became China's last empress.

Imperial Woman by Pearl S. Buck