Last Emperor of China
Prisoner of History
Anna Hestler
The life of P?u Yi, from emperor of China to citizen of the People?s Republic, is a tragic tale that echoes the cataclysmic events in twentieth-century China. Heir to the 267-year-old Ch?ing dynasty, P?u Yi was catapulted to the Dragon Throne at the age of two. Overnight he became a living god ? fawned over by eunuchs, but never allowed to venture beyond the walls of the Forbidden City. While the rest of China lurched from one crisis to another, P?u Yi remained isolated in the palace and cushioned from reality. When the 1911 Revolution finally toppled the Ch?ing dynasty, P?u Yi was unprepared for the upheaval that followed and culminated in the new Communist order led by Mao Tse-tung. In these pages, he emerges as a na?ve and impressionable character, manipulated by successive governments and virtually imprisoned by historical events.

Price: Bht 795.00