The First Emperor of China by Jonathan Clements

The First Emperor of China by Jonathan Clements

The First Emperor In 1974, Chinese peasants made the discovery of the century. Thousands of terracotta soldiers guarding the tomb of a tyrant. Ying Zheng was born to rule the world, claiming descent from gods, crowned king while still a child. He was the product of a heartless, brutal regime devoted to domination, groomed from an early age to become the First Emperor of China after a century of scheming by his ancestors. He faked a foreign threat to justify an invasion. He ruled a nation under 24-hour surveillance. He ordered his interrogators to torture suspects. He boiled his critics alive. He buried dissenting scholars. He declared war on death itself. Jonathan Clements uses modern archaeology and ancient texts to outline the First Emperor's career and the grand schemes that followed unification: the Great Wall that guarded his frontiers and the famous Terracotta Army that watches over his tomb. Published in 2015, this revised edition includes updates from a further decade of publications, archaeology and fictional adaptations, plus the author's encounter with Yang Zhifa, the man who discovered the Terracotta Army.

Jonathan Clements is a renowned financial journalist who has won numerous awards. He was born in London, England, and attended Cambridge University before working for Forbes magazine in New York for three years before joining The Wall Street Journal in January 1990. He spearheaded the Journal's mutual funds coverage, wrote the Heard on the Street column, and authored personal-finance articles during his eight years with the paper, before being handed his own column, Getting Moving, in October 1994. Clements is the author of Financing Your Future: The Only Guide to Mutual Funds You'll Ever Need, which was released in 1993 and won four journalistic prizes. He lives in Metuchen, New Jersey, and works at the Journal's headquarters in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9781909771116
ISBN 10	1909771112
Title	The First Emperor of China
Author	Jonathan Clements
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Albert Bridge Books
Year published	2015-05-12
Number of pages	256
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