Rogues and Nobles: Eighty Years of Romance in the Qin and Han Dynasties

Ruffians and Nobles: Eighty Years of Intrigue in the Qin and Han Dynasties is the first popular history book to dissect the transition between the Qin and Han dynasties using scientific methods. In the author's hands, history is even more exciting and vivid than fiction! It recreates the dramatic journey in which the old nobility was destroyed by ruffians, who in turn evolved into a new nobility. It offers a sweeping panorama of the mighty epic of the Han dynasty's rise: the First Emperor's enfeoffments, the Plot at Dune, the struggle between Chu and Han, Farewell My Concubine, a ruffian becoming emperor, a patriot plunging into the sea, the rabbit dead and the hound cooked, Xiao He following Cao Shen's regulations, the Liu-Lu confrontation, the turmoil of the Seven Kingdoms...