A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication ...

This sweeping account of the life of Pu-Yi, the last emperor of China ... He remembers his lavish youth in the Forbidden City, where he was afforded every luxury but unfortunately sheltered ...

Cixi entered the Forbidden City as a concubine in 1851 ... Cixi arranged for Guangxu's nephew—her grandnephew—to be named the last emperor of China. Her place in the Chinese imagination ...

At first, when Wanrong became engaged to Emperor Puyi, people called it a ... when a coup ousted she and her husband from the Forbidden City. As they fled from home to home, she became ...

Conservation work by an archaeologist has revealed a previously unknown portrait of the last emperor of Byzantine ... to ...

The Forbidden City, the biggest wooden structure on Earth and a place of staggering wealth and power, was built under the order of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The city is spread ...

The thin brush strokes and fine details will leave the viewer in awe. 3. “The Qianlong Emperor Enjoying the Lunar New Year” This painting depicts the Emperor enjoying the festivities of Lunar ...