The last empress : Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the birth of modern China
With the powerful Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the 20th century, the story of the founding of modern China ranges from the revolution that swept away the monarchy to the eventual loss to the communists and exile in Taiwan
Print Book,English, 2009
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edView all formats and editions
Simon & Schuster, New York, 2009
Biography
xix, 787 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
9781439148938, 1439148937
310397746
List of principal characters
1866-1900
1894-1927
1928-1936
1937-1942
1942-1943
1943-1945
1945-1949
1949-1975
1975-2003