ISBN10: 0340412798, ISBN13: 9780340412794, [publisher: Hodder & Stoughton., London.] Hardcover Translated. Edited with an introduction by Frances Wood. Endpaper plans, black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 180pp, index, even browning throughout, slight foxing reverse of dustjacket, good hardback copy. Kong Demao, a direct descendant of Confucius, tells the story of her family in the 20th century. The family had lived a life virtually cut off from the world - a life that had changed very little in 2,500 years. However, this final outpost of Chinese aristocracy could not evade the turmoil and anarchy that enfolded China as first the Japanese then the Communists struggled for power.
[Canberra, ACT, Australia] [Publication Year: 1988]
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ISBN10: 0340412798, ISBN13: 9780340412794, [publisher: Hodder & Stoughton., London.] Hardcover Translated. Edited with an introduction by Frances Wood. Endpaper plans, black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 180pp, index, even browning throughout, slight foxing reverse of dustjacket, good hardback copy. Kong Demao, a direct descendant of Confucius, tells the story of her family in the 20th century. The family had lived a life virtually cut off from the world - a life that had changed very little in 2,500 years. However, this final outpost of Chinese aristocracy could not evade the turmoil and anarchy that enfolded China as first the Japanese then the Communists struggled for power.
[Canberra, ACT, Australia] [Publication Year: 1988]
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