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Reconsidering the reign of the last empress in China
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BOOK REVIEW
The Last Empress
By Anchee Min
Houghton Mifflin, 308 pp., $25
In "The Last Empress," Anchee Min continues the story of China's
final empress, Tzu Hsi, who ruled the nation for nearly 50 years
until her death in 1908. As Min showed us in her 2004 novel, "Empress
Orchid," Tzu Hsi's power arose from the fact that she produced
China's sole male heir in the 1850s, served as co-regent during his
childless reign, and then as regent for the son she adopted as his
successor.
Referred to as "Dragon Lady" and considered a "murderess" by
contemporary journalists, Tzu Hsi, whom Min calls ...
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FAMED JOHN PAUL JONES BEGAN LIFE UNDER ANOTHER NAME.(LOCAL)
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New television motion picture, "The Missing Years of John Paul Jones," looks at facts and mysteries surrounding life of Revolutionary War hero.
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John Paul Jones is indeed a most fitting hero for aspiring naval officers.(Commentary)(Editorials)(Letters)
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