1. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
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10. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
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11. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China
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12. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai shek and the Birth of Modern China
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14. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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15. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
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16. The Last Empress : Madame Chiang Kai Shek and the Birth of Modern China
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17. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China
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18. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Hannah Pakula 
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19. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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20. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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21. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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22. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula Hannah 
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23. The Last Empress : Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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24. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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25. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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26. The Last Empress : Madame Chiang Kai Shek and the Birth of Modern China
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27. The Last Empress : Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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28. The Last Empress : Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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29. The Last Empress : Madame Chiang Kai Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Hannah Pakula 
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30. The Last Empress : Madame Chiang Kai Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Hannah Pakula 
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31. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula Hannah 
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32. The Last Empress : Madame Chiang Kai Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Hannah Pakula 
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33. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Hannah Pakula 
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34. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula Hannah 
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35. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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36. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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37. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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38. The Last Empress : Madame Chiang Kai Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula Hannah 
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39. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Hannah Pakula 
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40. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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41. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula Hannah 
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by Pakula, Hannah 
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43. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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44. The Last Empress
by Pakula, Hannah 
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Description: New York Simon & Schuster 2009 Edition Not Specified Hard cover Very Good minus. Very Good DJ Printing Not Spec. n/a. 12mo = 7-9" 787pp. Hardcover. Clean interior and exterior. No highlights or markings in text. Deckled edges. Strong and tight binding. Spine is bumped at top/bottom edges. DJ is glossy, clean, crisp. DJ has wear along edges. 

45. The Last Empress
by Pakula Hannah 
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46. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula Hannah 
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47. Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
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48. THE LAST EMPRESS: Madame Chang Kai~Shek And The Birth Of Modern China.
by Pakula, Hannah 
Price: USD 11.00
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Description: ISBN10: 1439148937, ISBN13: 9781439148938, [publisher: NY etc~. November 2009. Simon & Schuster] Hardcover First Edition large, thick, black & gilt decorative (gilt dragon on spine) hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). deckled foredge (looks "hand cut"). endpaper maps. author s note. list of principle characters. foreword. xix+787p. 77 glossy b&w photo illustrations. notes. biblilography. acknowledgments. index. biography. world history. history of china. politics. chinese revolution. american history. world war ii. sino~japanese war. cold war. ~ With the beautiful, powerful, and sexy Madame Chiang Kai~shek at the center of one of the great dramas in the twentieth century, this is the story of the founding of modern China, starting with a revolution that swept away more than 2,000 years of monarchy, followed by World War II, and ending in the eventual loss to the Communists and exile in Taiwan. An epic historical tapestry, this wonderfully wrought narrative brings to life what Americans should know about China~the superpower we are inextricably linked with~the way its people think and their code of behavior, both vastly different from our own. The story revolves around this fascinating woman and her family: her father, a peasant who raised himself into Shanghai society and sent his daughters to college in America in a day when Chinese women were kept purposefully uneducated; her mother, an unlikely Methodist from the Mandarin class; her husband, a military leader and dogmatic warlord; her sisters, one married to Sun Yat~sen, the George Washington of China, the other to a seventy~fifth lineal descendant of Confucius; and her older brother, a financial genius. This was the Soong family, which, along with their partners in marriage, was largely responsible for dragging China into the twentieth century. Brilliantly narrated, this fierce and bloody drama also includes U.S. Army General Joseph Stilwell; Claire Chennault, head of the Flying Tigers; Communist leaders Mao Tse~tung and Chou En~lai; murderous warlords; journalists Henry Luce, Theodore White, and Edgar Snow; and the unfortunate State Department officials who would be purged for predicting (correctly) the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War. As the representative of an Eastern ally in the West, Madame Chiang was befriended~before being rejected~by the Roosevelts, stayed in the White House for long periods during World War Il., and charmed the U.S. Congress into giving China billions of dollars. Although she was dubbed the Dragon Lady in some quarters, she was an icon to her people and is certainly one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth century. [Howell, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2009]  

49. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula Hannah 
Price: USD 11.50
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Description: New York: Simon & Schuster, Date: 2009. xix, 787 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Map on lining papers. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine rolled at the crown, age toning. Stated First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Dust jacket with light edgewear. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "With the beautiful, powerful, and sexy Madame Chiang Kai-shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the twentieth century, this is the story of the founding of modern China, starting with a revolution that swept away more than 2,000 years of monarchy, followed by World War II, and ending in the eventual loss to the Communists and exile in Taiwan. An epic historical tapestry, this wonderfully wrought narrative brings to life what Americans should know about China -- the superpower we are inextricably linked with -- the way its people think and their code of behavior, both vastly different from our own. The story revolves around this fascinating woman and her family: her father, a peasant who raised himself into Shanghai society and sent his daughters to college in America in a day when Chinese women were kept purposefully uneducated; her mother, an unlikely Methodist from the Mandarin class; her husband, a military leader and dogmatic warlord; her sisters, one marriedto Sun Yat-sen, the George Washington of China, the other to a seventy-fifth lineal descendant of Confucius; and her older brother, a financial genius. This was the Soong family, which, along with their partners in marriage, was largely responsible for dragging China into the twentieth century. Brilliantly narrated, this fierce and bloody drama also includes U.S. Army General Joseph Stilwell; Claire Chennault, head of the Flying Tigers; Communist leaders Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai; murderous warlords; journalists Henry Luce, Theodore White, and Edgar Snow; and the unfortunate State Department officials who would be purged for predicting (correctly) the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War. As the representative of an Eastern ally in the West, Madame Chiang was befriended -- before being rejected -- by the Roosevelts, stayed in the White House for long periods during World War II, and charmed the U.S. Congress into giving China billions of dollars. Although she was dubbed the Dragon Lady in some quarters, she was an icon to her people and is certainly one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth century. / Hannah Pakula is the author of The Last Empress, which was a New York Times notable book, The Last Romantic, which was called by Graham Greene the best biography and one of the three best books of the year, and An Uncommon Woman, which was a Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist. She lives in New York City." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 2009. Simon & Schuster ISBN 1439148937 9781439148938 [US] 

50. The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China
by Pakula, Hannah 
Price: USD 11.50
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Description: ISBN10: 1439148937, ISBN13: 9781439148938, [publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York] Hardcover First Edition xix, 787 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Map on lining papers. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine rolled at the crown, age toning. Stated First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Dust jacket with light edgewear. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "With the beautiful, powerful, and sexy Madame Chiang Kai-shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the twentieth century, this is the story of the founding of modern China, starting with a revolution that swept away more than 2,000 years of monarchy, followed by World War II, and ending in the eventual loss to the Communists and exile in Taiwan. An epic historical tapestry, this wonderfully wrought narrative brings to life what Americans should know about China -- the superpower we are inextricably linked with -- the way its people think and their code of behavior, both vastly different from our own. The story revolves around this fascinating woman and her family: her father, a peasant who raised himself into Shanghai society and sent his daughters to college in America in a day when Chinese women were kept purposefully uneducated; her mother, an unlikely Methodist from the Mandarin class; her husband, a military leader and dogmatic warlord; her sisters, one marriedto Sun Yat-sen, the George Washington of China, the other to a seventy-fifth lineal descendant of Confucius; and her older brother, a financial genius. This was the Soong family, which, along with their partners in marriage, was largely responsible for dragging China into the twentieth century. Brilliantly narrated, this fierce and bloody drama also includes U.S. Army General Joseph Stilwell; Claire Chennault, head of the Flying Tigers; Communist leaders Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai; murderous warlords; journalists Henry Luce, Theodore White, and Edgar Snow; and the unfortunate State Department officials who would be purged for predicting (correctly) the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War. As the representative of an Eastern ally in the West, Madame Chiang was befriended -- before being rejected -- by the Roosevelts, stayed in the White House for long periods during World War II, and charmed the U.S. Congress into giving China billions of dollars. Although she was dubbed the Dragon Lady in some quarters, she was an icon to her people and is certainly one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth century. / Hannah Pakula is the author of The Last Empress, which was a New York Times notable book, The Last Romantic, which was called by Graham Greene the best biography and one of the three best books of the year, and An Uncommon Woman, which was a Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist. She lives in New York City." - Publisher. Size: 8vo [Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2009]