Description |
229 pages ; 19 cm |
Contents |
Hunan 1850 -- To Kweilin -- Young master -- Heavenly kingdom of great peace -- Mei Lin's story -- Lately the winds have greatly changed -- Chin-t'ien -- To the aid of the kings -- New age -- Soldier in the heavenly army -- Horsewomen of God -- Shen -- Destruction of Chuan-chou -- Sounds of mourning -- Homecoming -- Spy in Changsha -- Days of testing -- Kitchen maid in the house of Sung -- From Changsha to Nanking -- Pilgrim to the celestial city -- Seed rice -- Hunan 1864. |
Summary |
Abducted from his home by bandits, fifteen-year-old Wang Lee is rescued from slavery by a mysterious girl who introduces him to the Taiping Tienkuo, a secret society partly based on Christian principles and dedicated to the overthrow of the Manchu government. |
Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer |
Subject |
China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 -- Fiction.
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China -- History -- Foreign intervention, 1857-1861 -- Fiction.
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China. |
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Foreign Intervention in China (China : 1857-1861) |
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Taiping Rebellion (China : 1850-1864) |
Chronological Term |
1850-1864 |
Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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History.
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Fiction.
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ISBN |
0140376100 (paperback) |
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9780140376104 (paperback) |
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