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Book of the Week: Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Pik Sen Lim

Gemma Jenkins

Sara Davies

Jung Chang

Book of the Week: Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China: Episode 4

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Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Episode 4

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China, Episode 4

A young ambitious reformist looks to topple Cixi from power, and a battle of wits ensues.

A young ambitious reformist looks to topple Cixi from power, and a dramatic battle of wits ensues. Jung Chang's biography of a remarkable 19th-century stateswoman.

Jung Chang's biography of this remarkable 19th century stateswoman continues. 
A young ambitious reformist looks to topple Cixi from power and a dramatic battle of wits ensues.

Read by Pik-Sen Lim
Abridged by Sara Davies
Produced by Gemma Jenkins.

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Jung Chang's fast-paced and gripping biography of the formidable 19th-century stateswoman

Jung Chang's fast-paced and gripping story reassesses the reputation of the formidable 19th-century stateswoman. Read by Pik-Sen Lim. Abridged by Sara Davies

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