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Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling
Grant Hayter-Menzies
Content
List of Illustrations
Foreword by Pamela Kyle Crossley
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I
1. "The marriage, I believe, was a love affair..."
2. Culture clash
3. "A noisy family of English-speaking children..."
4. Beijing to Tokyo
5. Samurai in pinstripes
6. Chrysanthemums and politics
7. Back to China, forward to France
8. La ville lumière
9. Chinese powder keg
10. Dancing with Isadora
11. "The golden goddess of tragedy"
12. Scandal
Part II
13. Empress Dowager Cixi
14. Garden of Nurtured Harmony
15. Lady of the court
16. Eunuchs and jewels
17. "A very precious child"
18. Rumblings in paradise
19. The Forbidden City
20. Cat's eyes and big feet
21. A portrait for the Empress
22. Hungry ghosts
23. Imperial birthday
24. War clouds
25. "First-class female official"
Part III
26. East is West, West is East
27. Flapper "princess"
28. "To others she may have been cruel..."
29. On the defense
30. Scheherazade of the Hotel Wagons-Lits
31. "... she means to educate Americans..."
32. Squeeze money
33. China reborn
34. Princess of patriots
Legacy
Notes
Family Tree
Bibliography
Index |
