HALDANE, CHARLOTTE - The Last Great Empress of China

London, Heron, 1968. Hard Cover , 8vo. Biography of Tzu Hsi the last great Empress of traditional China - vilified in the foreign press as a cunning, treacherous, sex-crazed despot, but who actually reformed China from a medieval to modern country - building railways, championing women's rights and abolishing medieval methods of torture. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Green decorated leatherette boards with gilt lettering to spine. 336 pages. Very Good.