Imperial Woman
1956 novel by Pearl S. Buck / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Imperial Woman is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1956.
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Author | Pearl S. Buck |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | John Day |
Publication date | April 2, 1956[1] |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
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Imperial Woman is a fictionalized biography of Empress Dowager Cixi (Tz'u Hsi in Wade–Giles), who was a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor and on his death became the de facto head of the Qing dynasty until her death in 1908 (before which the novel ends).