God's Chinese Son : The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan Paperback / softback
by Jonathan D. Spence
Paperback / softback
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Whether read for its powerful account of the largest uprising in human history, or for its foreshadowing of the terrible convulsions suffered by twentieth-century China, or for the narrative power of a great historian at his best, God's Chinese Son must be read.
At the center of this history of China's Taiping rebellion (1845-64) stands Hong Xiuquan, a failed student of Confucian doctrine who ascends to heaven in a dream and meets his heavenly family: God, Mary, and his older brother, Jesus.
He returns to earth charged to eradicate the "demon-devils," the alien Manchu rulers of China.
His success carries him and his followers to the heavenly capital at Nanjing, where they rule a large part of south China for more than a decade.
Their decline and fall, wrought by internal division and the unrelenting military pressures of the Manchus and the Western powers, carry them to a hell on earth.
Twenty million Chinese are left dead.
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:10/09/1997
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- ISBN:9780393315561
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:10/09/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780393315561