The first emperor of China
By: Frances Wood.
Publisher: Profile
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781846680328
Subjects: Qin shi huang, -- Emperor of China, -- 259-210 B.C.; China -- History -- Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.; China -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Published to coincide with exhibition of the Terracotta Army at the British Museum.
Table of contents: title: Elephants, steamed duck and warring states; title: The heart of a tiger or wolf; title: The Grand Scribe's Records and the place of the Sleeping Tiger; title: The cunning councillor; title: Cowboys and Indians or Confucianism and legalism; title: The height of legal responsibility; title: This species of fortification: the Great Wall; title: The buring of the books; title: Making everything the same; title: The supreme forest and the hall of 10,000 guests; title: The drus of immortality; title: Sea of mercury, pearl stars and an army of 8,000 men; title: The First Emperor and the Great Helmsman.