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Princess Der Ling (1885–1944)

Autor(a) de Two Years in the Forbidden City

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Obras por Princess Der Ling

Two Years in the Forbidden City (1911) 55 exemplares
Old Buddha (1929) 12 exemplares
Imperial incense (1933) 4 exemplares
The Underdogs (2008) 2 exemplares
Song of heaven 1 exemplar
Lotos petals 1 exemplar
Jades and dragons 1 exemplar
Xiang Fei 1 exemplar

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Conhecimento Comum

Outros nomes
White, Elizabeth Antoinette
Yu, Lizzie Der Ling
裕德齡
Yù, Délíng
Yü, Tê-ling
Data de nascimento
1885-06-08
Data de falecimento
1944-11-22
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
China
Locais de residência
Beijing, China
Shanghai, China
Berkeley, California, USA
Ocupações
princess

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The daughter of a Manchu aristocrat and diplomat (who served a term as ambassador to France) known for his progressive views, Der Ling received a Western education and studied dance with Isadora Duncan in Paris. Upon her family's return to China, Der Ling was appointed, at age 18, to be a lady-in-waiting and interpreter to the Empress Dowager Cixi. She served in this position until 1905. In 1907, Der Ling married Thaddeus C. White, an American. Using the controversial title of Princess, Der Ling wrote about her experiences of life at the Imperial court in her memoir Two Years in the Forbidden City (1911) and several more books. A biography of Der Ling, "Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling," by Grant Hayter-Menzies, was published in 2008.

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A non-fiction book on Empress Cixi of China, written by one of her favorite ladies in waiting. The author thought the western books and authors where telling such tales about the last empress that she felt compelled to tell her story of the woman she knew and loved. A really good read and a book I will keep. If you are interested in the last empress this is worth reading. I'd say it is middle ground compared to the awful westerner's stories and Jonathan Spence's book -- not as evil as the western books tell it, and not as innocent as Jonathan Spence tells it.… (mais)
 
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autumnesf | May 20, 2008 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
10
Also by
1
Membros
79
Popularidade
#226,897
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
1
ISBN
35
Línguas
1

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