Dragon Throne By FENBY (Jonathan) with Alexander Monro and Luke Hambledon
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Purchase Dragon Throne here for just 10 For anyone who wants a primer on Imperial China this book provides an excellent overview Telescoping every dynasty since the Qin into one book while still making it readable is no easy task but Jonathan Fenby manages to capture all the salient details with clarity verve and breathtaking scope If you ve ever found yourself scratching your head in front of a Ming vase or terracotta soldier this book will clear things up in no time. Dragon Throne ebook Steph The Book Grocer Dragon Throne What dawns on you when reading this book is that humankind rarely learns from its lessons The reality is the ancient Emperor and rulers of China were constantly undone by either megalomania family betrayal or excesses that consumed the Chinese nation After a while reading the book the names of the emperors become a blur and what remains is the familiar circle of events. Dragon throne bitwa o czerwone klify Really encourage Donald Trump to read this book as it shows the inevitable path of a globalised and connect world Trying to resist it and not manage it well will eventually lead to he demise of the empire like the Qing empire. Dragon Throne kindle paperwhite An overall tough read but glad I did it Dragon Throne A good comprehensive book the writing style became slightly jumbled at the end Encompasses a huge amount of history in a very succinct way and provides great insight into the history of China and and it s empires Dragon Throne This book was a good introduction to the history of imperial China It can be a bit dry and repetitive this dynasty flourished until a period of instability encroached etc Sections copied from one chapter verbatim into the next make me think the editor might need to take another look Dragon Throne 3 If you re looking for something that would give you a very general understanding of Chinese history a framework that helps to order existing bits of knowledge provide a structure to support further reading this is a decent place to start It is an overview that covers 2000 years so there s not much detail That s OK But what s up with the editing Often information is repeated as if it hadn t been given a few pages ago Once the information is actually repeated word for word in the next paragraph Sometimes things are introduced as if we should already be familiar with them even though they have not been mentioned before Sometimes the text has gotten so jumbled that it s difficult to tell to whom it s referring to This almost ruined the book for me and it s a pity as the writing is otherwise clear and the balance between names numbers events analysis pretty well judged Just sort out the editing and add a few maps I had to constantly google things like Luoyang and Han dynasty territory Dragon Throne Loved it reading again as there is so much packed into this book Great clarity and writing on such an epic history Dragon Throne Concise depiction of one epic empire Was expecting some convoluted writings but was pleasantly surprised at the clarity A great read on China s breathtaking dynastic history Dragon Throne I never learned much Chinese history so this was an eye opening experience for me I had no idea that Chinese history was so turbulent and bloody and that the emperors and other leading figures were so cutthroat This book is mostly a history of who killed whom in their quest for power. Dragon Throne kindle app This book is also a summary and lacks detail in many areas which is necessary when covering over 2000 years in 259 pages It would also benefit from better editing The prose often went on tangents later coming back to an earlier point seemingly without realizing that point had been partially addressed before This resulted in a jumbled chronology and sometimes made the book difficult to follow I appreciated the list of the dynasties and the pictures A map or two would also have been helpful. Dragon Throne kindle app All in all this book is a good starting point for a study of imperial China Dragon Throne Dragon Throne merupakan sebuah buku sejarah ringkas yang menerangkan dinasti dinasti utama yang wujud dan memerintah China Apabila membincangkan mengenai pemerintahan bermaharaja di Chinamenceritakannya dengan hanya 288 muka surat adalah sesuatu yang tidak cukup Walau bagaimanapunsaya mengagumi usaha penulisJonathan Fenby Saya menganggap buku ini ditulis sebagai buku pengenalan kepada sesiapa sahaja yang mungkin selepas ini mahu mengkaji dengan lebih mendalam setiap dinasti yang wujud di China Jugabuku ini bagus dibaca sebagai buku ulangkaji kerana di sekolah menengah kita selaku pelajar pernah mempelajari mengenai dinasti dinasti di China di dalam kelas sejarah di sekolah masing masing Namun demikiansejujurnyasaya juga mempelajari beberapa perkara baharu yang selama ini tidak saya ketahui sebelumnya Dragon Throne If you re looking for a compelling and well argued take on Imperial China this isn t it What you do get is a kind of blow by blow of succession in broad strokes It s interesting but I think this is the kind of book you read in order to find the specific historical periods you want to find out about And to be fair much of this felt like the level of granularity you could get from a Wikipedia entry I m still glad I read it but from a research perspective you could probably go elsewhere for the broadest look at Imperial China Dragon Throne
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From 221 BC when Shi Huangdi First Emperor and founding father of Chinese imperial history unified a large part of the Han Chinese homeland until 1911 when imperial China collapsed in revolutionary chaos China was ruled by a succession of powerful imperial dynasties The Dragon Throne tells their rich complex and often turbulent story from the inception of the Qin dynasty to the fall of the Manchu in the early 20th century China s imperial dynasties display a recurring pattern of birth growth prosperity and collapse due to external pressures A number of powerful emperors left a particularly strong imprint on this troubled history whether as conquerors consolidators tyrants reformers or reactionaries At the heart of The Dragon Throne are vivid profiles of such emperors as Shi Huangdi who began the construction of the Great Wall Han Wudi the Han emperor who developed China as a centralized Confucian state Kublai Khan the first emperor of the Mongol Yuan dynasty and Hongwu the founder of the Ming dynasty Dragon Throne.