CITY OF HEAVENLY TRANQUILLITY : BEIJING IN THE HISTORY OF CHINA
by BECKER, JASPER
List Price: HK$ 352.00
¡@ISBN
9780713999983
¡@Subject
CHINA
¡@Publisher
ALLEN LANE
¡@Publication
2008
¡@Edition
Hardcover
¡@Version
Original
¡@Description
The great city of Peking, capital of China from the 9th century, and given its form for five hundred years by the Ming Dynasty, was for a millennium one of the most extraordinary places on earth. This book tells the history of this great city, and through it provides a highly engaging summary history of China.
