Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom : China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War
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Summary
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. Full description
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English
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English
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1st ed.
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Visitors, Foreign > China > History > 19th century.
Europeans > China > History > 19th century.
Americans > China > History > 19th century.
Manchus > History > 19th century.
Ethnic conflict > China > History > 19th century.
China > History > Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864.
China > Relations > Western countries.