The Rise and Fall of the Heavenly Kingdom: A Complete History of the Taiping Rebellion

[Hardcore History] + [Military] + [War] 1848, Zijin Mountain, Guangxi. Feng Yunshan, leader of the God Worshipping Society, is imprisoned. Hong Xiuquan flees, the followers scatter, and only the charcoal burner Yang Xiuqing keeps holding on. An illiterate sick man collapses in front of everyone. A quarter of an hour later, he stands back up and declares that he is “Heavenly Father.” On the eve of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, two charcoal burners claim that Heavenly Father has possessed one and Heavenly Brother has descended upon the other. Using divine words as a pretext, they rally their followers and drag half of the Great Qing into the abyss...