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'A sparkling debut by an outstanding young historian' PETER FRANKOPAN
'This book is a revelation ... both original and important' MISHAL HUSAIN
A history of modern ...
Silk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver and opium, missionaries, mercenaries and trade, but also what became ...
The definitive story of a top Chinese politician's ill-fated quest to reform the Communist Party.
When Hu Yaobang died in April 1989, throngs of ...
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A Waterstones and TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
A SPECTATOR and History Today BOOK OF THE YEAR
A revolutionary ...
*Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize
A riveting account of a turbulent period in Chinese history.In 1966, with the words 'Bombard the Headquarters!' Mao Zedong unleashed the full, violent force ...
The first thorough account of a formative and little understood chapter in Chinese history
"Almost every page contains an eye-opening detail. . . . The Great Transformation evokes ...
"Astonishing...Brings to life a thriving - and rather civilized - empire" - The Telegraph
"sparkles with energy, insight and passion... difficult to put down." Nicholas Morton, BBC ...
'a master class in eyewitness storytelling . . . this gripping narrative chronicles one of history's darkest nightmare moments' - Annie Jacobsen, author of Nuclear War: A Scenario ...
An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world.
'A rollercoaster of historical narration' History Today
'This is a ...
The story of the sixteenth-century's epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific
Spices ...
China's past is key to the modern world. This nimble history of rogues, revolutions and rebellions can be read in a day, but will ...
An epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombs
The three millennia up to the establishment of the ...
In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically ...
