The dragon empress

Description:

I have not read it but based in my reading of her first novel,"In a dark wood" she is very learned about Chinese Art and Art History.Also about the Jesuits connection to China. So this book must linked to her Chinese Art knowledge.I assume about the Empress of China.

subjects: art,  China,  Jesuits,  Empresses,  Biography,  history,  China, social life and customs,  Kings and rulers

People: Ci xi Empress Dowager of China (1835-1908),  Ci xi Empress, Consort of Xianfeng, Emperor of China (1835-1908),  Cixi Empress dowager of China (1835-1908)

Places: China

Times: 19th century I think