@eandtbooks.bsky.socialJoin Xiaolu Guo and Paul French at @britishlibrary.bsky.social as they explore how China's imperial past continues to shape its present, drawing on their latest books #EverydayTang and #TheLastEmperorOfChina.
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@eandtbooks.bsky.social🌟 JUST IN - an excellent Financial Times review for Paul French's new history, #TheLastEmperorOfChina:
www.ft.com/content/f4b6...
‘[Paul French] is a master storyteller … evocative.’ @financialtimes.com
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@eandtbooks.bsky.socialPaul French speaks to Cindy Yu on the Chinese Whispers podcast about his book #TheLastEmperorOfChina. Discover the story of Emperor Puyi and his life in the Forbidden City before his expulsion in 1924:
🎧 www.chinesewhispers.uk/p/the-last-e... @chinarhyming.bsky.social
@eandtbooks.bsky.socialPaul French writes on recovering the true story of the Last Emperor and Empress of China in his book #TheLastEmperorOfChina. The diary of an American tutor who lived in the Forbidden City provides a new perspective on the couple's relationship:
aspectsofhistory.com/recovering-t...
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