- 17 Oct 12, 22:36#327906A History of China, all 327 standard sized pages and print of it. Figured I might as well work my way up from a starter book, as I know very little about China, and the Library seem to have had all their good books checked out.
Let me know how it goes. Im also wanting to find out more about China.I love what I've seen of the country. I've read Wild Swans and Falling Leaves, Novels I know but both autobiographical with lots of details of Chinese history in them. Next book I've got is The **** of Nanking
Will do, seems to have a ascending detail structure, I haven't read very much yet, got as far as the collapse of the Later (or Western) Han Dynasty - 220 CE. I had forgotten you went to China, you posted good pictures on here about it.
The **** of Nanking is a famous one I think?
yes it's about the atrocities committed by the Japanese on the Chinese at Nanking during the war. I believe some British officers tried to provide a safe zone and saved a lot of people but loads were tortured and killed. If you're interested in the Emperors and Dynasties, you'd love the Forbidden City at Beijing.
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