Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War
This narrative history of China's nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion (which cost some twenty million lives) brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and sometimes gruesome battles--a riveting, both sweeping and intimate portrait of the largest civil war in history.
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Alfred A. Knopf,
2012.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom : |b China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War / |c by Stephen R. Platt. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Alfred A. Knopf, |c 2012. | ||
| 300 | |a xxvii, 468 p. : |b ill. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-447) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Dramatis Personae -- Chronology of Major Events -- Prologue: Heaven's Children -- pt. 1. Twilight -- The Preacher's Assistant -- Neutrality -- The Shield King -- Soundings -- An Appointment in the North -- pt. 2. Order Rising -- The Reluctant General -- The Force of Doctrine -- Perils of Civilization -- Endurance -- Heaven and Earth -- Crossings -- pt. 3. The Great Peace -- The Point of No Return -- Vampires -- Flowering Rain -- Blood and Honor -- Crossing the Mountain -- Epilogue. | |
| 520 | |a This narrative history of China's nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion (which cost some twenty million lives) brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and sometimes gruesome battles--a riveting, both sweeping and intimate portrait of the largest civil war in history. | ||
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