A Complete History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Vol. 4: The Tang Dynasty’s Final Days

The High Tang was a dazzling age of silk robes and distinguished officials, yet in the end even they could not hold back the tide. The eight-volume Complete History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms is a popular history of the late Tang and Five Dynasties period. Grounded in historical sources and told through meticulous analysis and lively, witty prose, it brings to life this tumultuous and turbulent era of unending conflict.

The series focuses on major events spanning more than a century, from the Huang Chao Rebellion at the end of the Tang to the Song conquest of Northern Han (875–979). These include the Huang Chao Rebellion, the rivalry between Liang and Jin, the succession of the Five Dynasties, the rise of the Ten Kingdoms, and the unification under the Song. It examines the causes and course of these events in detail, offering a sweeping portrait of the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period between the Tang and Song.

The eight volumes are The Huang Chao Rebellion, A Thousand Steeds Vie for the Prize, Zhu Wen’s Rise to Power, The Fall of the Tang Dynasty, The Later Liang Empire, Three Reigns of the Later Tang, The Khitan Ascendant, and The Era of the Three Worthy Emperors. This is the fourth volume, The Fall of the Tang Dynasty.