The last Manchu
Subtitle: the autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China
By: Henry Pu Yi and Paul Kramer.
Contributors: Kramer, Paul, 1914-2008.
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781602397323
Subjects: Puyi, -- 1906-1967; Puyi, -- 1906-1967 -- Childhood and youth; Puyi, -- 1906-1967 -- Exile; Emperors -- China -- Biography; China -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949; China -- History -- 1949-1976
Genres: Biography
Work titles: Wo de qian ban sheng.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. My childhood; title: Coronation and abdication; title: Living as emperor; title: "Mothers" and son; title: My wet nurse; title: Eunuchs; title: Studying in the Yu Ching Palace; title: Reginald Johnston, my British tutor; title: pt. 2. My youth; title: A brief restoration; title: My wedding; title: Family clashes; title: Dispersal of the eunuchs; title: Reorganizing the Household Department; title: pt. 3. My exile; title: From the Forbidden City to the Legation Quarter; title: Tientsin; title: Mausoleums and the Japanese; title: Living in the temporary palace; title: The unquiet "quiet" garden; title: Crossing the White River; title: pt. 4. My fourteen-year restoration; title: Chief executive of Manchukuo; title: Imperial dreams; title: The treaty; title: Emperor for the third time; title: Illusions vanish; title: Yasunori Yoshioka, my adviser; title: Majesty without power; title: Collapse; title: pt. 5. My captivity; title: Five years in the Soviet Union; title: Back to Manchuria; title: a prisoner; title: Isolated; title: Intensified brainwashing; title: Self-pity; title: Conditions improve; title: A special pardon; title: pt. 6. My new life; title: The Forbidden City, revisited; title: Epilogue.