Imperial masquerade

Description:

"Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling, the first biography of one of the twentieth century's most intriguing cross-cultural personalities, traces not only the life of Princess Der Ling, in all its various transformations, but offers a fresh look at the woman she lionized and, ultimately, betrayed - the Empress Dowager Cixi, to whom, like Der Ling, many legends have been affixed over the past century. The book also depicts the changing worlds of Paris, Tokyo and the other international stages of Der Ling's development as woman and as mystery, and deals with the many teachers who made her who she was."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Court and courtiers,  History,  Cixi, empress dowager of china, 1835-1908,  China, biography,  China, history, qing dynasty, 1644-1912,  China, court and courtiers,  Ladies-in-waiting,  Biography,  Princesses

People: Der Ling Princess,  Empress dowager of China, 1875-1908 Cixi

Places: China

Times: Guangxu, 1875-1908