Celestial Women: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing by Keith McMahon

Celestial Women: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing

Keith McMahon

312 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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This volume completes Keith McMahon's acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor's plural wives as mere victims or playthings, the book considers empresses and concubines as full-fledged...

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