Imperial masquerade
Subtitle: the legend of princess Der Ling
By: Grant Hayter-Menzies ; with a foreword by Pamela Kyle Crossley.
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press; Eurospan [distributor
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9789622098817
Subjects: Der Ling, -- Princess; Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1875-1908; China -- Court and courtiers; China -- History -- Guangxu, 1875-1908
Other titles: Legend of princess Der Ling
Description: "Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling, the first biography of one of the twentieth century's most intriguing cross-cultural personalities, traces not only the life of Princess Der Ling, in all its various transformations, but offers a fresh look at the woman she lionized and, ultimately, betrayed - the Empress Dowager Cixi, to whom, like Der Ling, many legends have been affixed over the past century. The book also depicts the changing worlds of Paris, Tokyo and the other international stages of Der Ling's development as woman and as mystery, and deals with the many teachers who made her who she was."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-376) and index.