The Last Manchu: The Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Last Manchu: The Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China
By (Author) Henry Pu Yi
Edited by Paul Kramer
Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing
1st March 2010
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Biography: adventurers and explorers
B
Physical Properties
Paperback
352
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 30mm
363g
Description
In 1908 at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty. After revolutionaries forced Pu Yi to abdicate in 1911, the young emperor lived for thirteen years in Pekings Forbidden City, but with none of the power his birth afforded him. The remainder of Pu Yis life was lived out in a topsy-turvy fashion: fleeing from a Chinese warlord, becoming head of a Japanese puppet state, being confined to a Russian prison in Siberia, and enduring taxing labor. The Last Manchu is a unique, enthralling record of Chinas most turbulent, dramatic years.
