Private Life Of Chairman Mao
The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician
$52.40
- Paperback
736 pages
- Release Date
3 May 1996
Summary
A landmark political biography and personal memoir providing an unprecedented insight into the private life of one of history’s most infamous political figures. A dictator placed alongside Adolf Hitler and Robert Mugabe, Chairman Mao was the Communist founder and political leader of The People’s Republic of China.
For the first time, here is the extraordinary true story of one of the most powerful men, and ruthless dictators, who ever lived. Mao Zedong had control over more people for…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099648819 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099648814 |
| Author: | Zhisui Li |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 736 |
| Release Date: | 3 May 1996 |
| Weight: | 507g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 45mm |
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Critics Review
Li is Mao’s Boswell
Li is Mao’s Boswell * Irish Times *
A unique political and historical autobiography of inestimable worth, an astounding chronicle of human weakness, political intrigue and corruption and the near destruction of a great nation by a great ego – Martin Booth
One of the most vivid descriptions of a dictator ever written * The Times *
A classic … I see Dr. Li as the Tacitus of modern China – Hugh Trevor-Roper
About The Author
Zhisui Li
Zhisui Li was Mao Zedong’s personal physician for twenty-two years. He immigrated to the United States in 1988, where he wrote the hugely popular biography of Chairman Mao.
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