Chang, Jung. <br/><br/>
Empress Dowager Cixi  the concubine who launched modern China 

 - New York  Alfred A. Knopf  2013 
 - xiii, 436P., 24 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-415) and index. 
<br/><br/> In 1852, at age sixteen, Cixi was chosen as one of Emperor Xianfeng?s numerous concubines. When he died in 1861, their five-year-old son succeeded to the throne. Cixi at once launched a coup against her son?s regents and placed herself as the true source of power?governing through a silk screen that separated her from her male officials. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780099532392 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>951/.035CHA