The empress and Mrs. Conger : the uncommon friendship of two women and two worlds /
In winter 1902, in the ruins of post-Boxer Uprising Beijing, two women from two different worlds joined hands in friendship-the former concubine and legendary tyrant Empress Dowager Cixi, and the Midwest-born, devoutly Christian diplomat's wife Sarah Pike Conger. Together, they made history.
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I
- Eagle and Dragon; 1
- Farmer's daughter; 2
- Mother of China; 3
- High walls; 4
- Chinese Christians; 5
- Daws in peacock's feathers; 6
- Imperial audience; 7
- Christmas in Beijing; 8
- Unlocking the gates; Plate Section; 9
- Gathering storm; II
- Battle in Beijing; 10
- Shadow Boxers; 11
- Siege; 12
- Survival; III
- Saving Face; 13
- Loot; 14
- Reconciliation; 15
- Sisterhood; 16
- Portrait of a woman; 17
- Forbidden cities; 18
- Letters to China; Notes; Bibliography; Index.