President and Emperor: Yuan Shikai (1912-1916)
by Hou Yijie
About This Novel
This book is the last part of the "Trilogy of Biography of Yuan Shikai" written by Mr. Hou Yijie, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a scholar of modern Chinese history. Yuan Shikai is an unavoidable figure in modern Chinese history. After the Revolution of 1911, he stole the fruits of the revolution, suppressed the second revolution, then revised the "Provisional Constitution", dissolved the National Assembly, and engaged in the scandal of restoring the imperial system with his eldest son Yuan Keding, Liang Shiyi, and the Preparatory Committee. In the face of opposition from various places and internal and external troubles, he hastily abolished the imperial system and died in sorrow and anger.
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