{"product_id":"the-dragon-throne","title":"The Dragon Throne","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey were the most powerful rulers on earth. The mighty Qin Shi Huangdu (r. 221-210 BC), who began the construction of the Great Wall.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The long-lived Han emperor Wudi (r. 141-87 BC), who developed China as a centralized Confucian state. The soldier-scholar Yongle (r.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 1402-24 AD), who raised the Ming dynasty to its military peak. The dowager empress Cixi (r. 1861-1908 AD), who rose from humble Manchu origins to rule over all China.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e In The Dragon Throne, Jonathan Fenby tells the extraordinary story of imperial China through its 157 emperors, from Qin Shi Huangdu, who crushed his rivals to take supreme power as the first emperor in 221BC, until the final collapse of the faltering Manchu dynasty amidst the revolutionary chaos of the early twentieth century. The final emperor, the infant Puyi (r. 1908-12) ended his days as an assistant gardener in the very palace where he had been enthroned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e Published: 2005 \u003cbr\u003e Publisher: Quercus \u003cbr\u003e Pages: 304\u003cbr\u003e Language: English\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 13: 9781784296292\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 10: 1784296295\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Fenby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39701303525479,"sku":"","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/9781784290733.jpg?v=1650882687","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-dragon-throne","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}