The Last Emperor of China
Twilight of the Forbidden City
$49.13
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
Summary
Step into the otherworldly splendour of the Forbidden City, its red walls and golden rooftops shimmering at the heart of Peking…
In the early 1920s, China’s boy ruler Puyi and his child bride Wanrong were sequestered within the ancient citadel: a city-within-a-city, a haven prohibited to all except the imperial family and its scheming courtiers, fawning servants and corrupt eunuchs. An emperor without an empire, Puyi did not know from one day to the next whether he would experience re…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783968626 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1783968621 |
| Author: | Paul French |
| Publisher: | Elliott & Thompson Limited |
| Imprint: | Elliott & Thompson Limited |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Paul French
Paul French was born in London and lived and worked in Shanghai for many years. His book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times bestseller and a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. He received the Mystery Writers’ of America Edgar award for Best Fact Crime and a Crime Writers’ Association (UK) Dagger award for nonfiction. City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir received much praise, with The Economist calling him a ‘champion storyteller’. His most recent book is the acclaimed Wallis Simpson: Her Lotus Year in 1920s China.
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