Wu: The Chinese Empress Who Schemed, Seduced and Murdered Her Way to Become a Living God
Clements, Johathan
From Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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From Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since September 17, 1997
About this Item
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 239 pages with several pages of b&w photos. Seller Inventory # 130321
Bibliographic Details
Title: Wu: The Chinese Empress Who Schemed, Seduced...
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: Ex Library.
About this title
Before Wu was born, prophecies predicted that she would become an emperor. It was thus a source of disappointment to her family when she turned out to be a girl. But they underestimated Wu's steely determination to succeed. At the age of 13 she took the first steps on her path to power when she was selected as a concubine to the 40-year-old Supreme Emperor (Taizong).
When the emperor fell ill, the ambitious Wu committed a capital crime by seducing his heir. Her gamble paid off, and when the emperor died, his besotted heir, now the High Emperor (Gaozong), rescued Wu from life in a convent. Back in the palace, Wu wasted no time in framing and executing her opposition, the empress and the beautiful Pure Concubine. Her ruthlessness even extended to her own family. After her husband had died, she poisoned her strong-willed eldest son, tried to rule through his two more malleable brothers but eventually took the throne herself.
Coloured by intrigue, murder, incest and seduction, Wu's incredible true story is a rich and fascinating tale. Drawing on the original Chinese sources, Jonathan Clements reveals the life of this extraordinary woman who proclaimed herself a living god, founded a new dynasty and was only deposed, aged 79, after jealous courtiers had murdered her two young lovers.
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