History and the Onlookers

Name: History and the Onlookers
Author: Zhang Ming

历史与看客

by Zhang Ming (张鸣)

Status: Completed
Length: 99k Words
Genre: Historical
Updated: 5y ago
Source: Fanqie

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This book brings together more than thirty of Zhang Ming's most representative historical essays from recent years.

The book is divided into three parts: History and Its People, History and Its Stories, and Echoes of History. Each part contains around ten essays.

Pieces such as “Onlookers at the Turn of the Century,” “The Story of Two Confused Chancellors,” “Lin Zexu's Trip to Macau,” and “The Empress Dowager in the World of Shadow Plays” use lively, witty language to recount thought-provoking historical anecdotes that offer lessons for the present. The author also brings his own distinctive insights to bear, using the past to illuminate the present in a way that makes readers smile and reflect.

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