![]() She was like a gangster,” says Jeremiah Jenne, a historian who leads visitors on walking tours around the Summer Palace, where he points out 500-year-old juniper and cypress trees, and paint-faded pavilions like the Hall of Dispelling Clouds, which was renovated in 1895 for her 60th birthday extravaganza.Ĭixi had the Summer Palace rebuilt after an invading European army looted and burnt the original, which, with its jewel-encrusted furniture and over-the-top silks, was said to be on par with Versailles. ![]() “She had one of the most ruthless, savvy political minds. Her endeavours to preserve the imperial family above all else make for comparisons with Michael Corleone, the fictional Mafia boss in the Godfather films. EMPRESS DOWAGER CIXI Hardcover Januby Jung Chang (Author), Well-illustrated (Illustrator) 2,020 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 76.94 17 Used from 3.63 4 New from 76.94 Paperback 17.26 28 Used from 2.34 8 New from 13. “Cixi is still a negative character,” he says. But Zhang says his positive portrait made little impact. ![]() He argues that she was held back by her lack of education, a given at the time because she was a woman, and that she should be given credit for trying to make amends for her mistakes at the end of her rule. ![]()
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