Autumn in the heavenly kingdom

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Stephen R. Platt's Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom tells the dramatic and disastrous story of the Taiping Rebellion: the bloodiest civil war in history.

In the early 1850s, during the twilight of the Qing dynasty, word spread of a major revolution brewing in the provinces. The leader of this movement - who called themselves the Taiping - was Hong Xiuquan, a failed civil servant who claimed to be the son of God and the brother of Jesus Christ. As the revolt grew and battles raged across the empire, all signs pointed to a Taiping victory and to the inauguration of a modern, industrialized and pro-Western China.

Soon, however, Britain and the United States threw their support behind the Qing, rapidly quashing the Taiping and rendering futile years of bloodshed. In Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom, Stephen Platt recounts the events of the rebellion and its brutal suppression in spellbinding detail. It is an essential and enthralling history of the rise and fall of a movement that, a century and a half ago, might have launched China into the modern world.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 04 juli 2013

Aantal pagina's: 512

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Stephen R. Platt

Tweede Auteur: Stephen R. Platt

Hoofduitgeverij: Atlantic Books

Editie: Main

Product breedte: 157 mm

Product hoogte: 42 mm

Product lengte: 234 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 153 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 42 mm

Verpakking lengte: 234 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 1252 g

EAN: 9780857897688

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