But the newly named Empress Dowager Cixi quickly ousted them on fabricated charges of incompetence. She then issued imperial edicts "from behind the curtains" that she and Dowager Empress Cian ...

Best-selling author Jung Chang’s newest work, Empress Dowager Cixi ... written by members of the court, eunuchs, ambassadors, and ladies in waiting, uncovering everyday details down to the type of ...

Set against the backdrop of the Boxer Rebellion and the takeover of the Forbidden City by foreign powers, the empress-dowager Cixi and her notorious chief eunuch fight a losing battle to preserve ...