PIRATE KING: COXINGA AND THE FALL OF THE MING DYNASTY.
Edition: First UK
Publisher: SUTTON PUBLISHING LTD.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: STROUD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
First sentence: On 8 February 1644, the first day of the Chinese New Year, the ministers of the Emperor of Lofty Omens woke before dawn and journeyed through the streets of Beijing.
Description: A biography of Coxinga (1624-1662), a poet and philosopher who became an outstanding military commander when he remained loyal to the last of the Ming emperors of China until the final victory of the Manchus. When the Ming emperor fell Coxinga established himself in Taiwan, ousted the Dutch from the island, and established an independent rule until his death.
Notes: Fourteen illustrations. Simplified family trees of the Zheng family (Coxinga's family), The Ming Dynasty and Southern Ming, The Manchu (Qing) Dynasty.
Table of contents: label: Prologue
title: 1644: Brightness Falls
pagenum: 1; label: Appendix III
title: The Rise of the Manchus
pagenum: 238