God’s Chinese Son by Jonathan Spence
Whether read for its powerful account of the largest uprising in human history, or for its foreshadowing of the terrible convulsions suffered by twentieth-century China, or for the narrative power of a great historian at his best, God's Chinese Son must be read. At the center of this history of China's Taiping rebellion (1845-64) stands Hong Xiuquan, a failed student of Confucian doctrine who ascends to heaven in a dream and meets his heavenly family: God, Mary, and his older brother, Jesus. He returns to earth charged to eradicate the demon-devils, the alien Manchu rulers of China. His success carries him and his followers to the heavenly capital at Nanjing, where they rule a large part of south China for more than a decade. Their decline and fall, wrought by internal division and the unrelenting military pressures of the Manchus and the Western powers, carry them to a hell on earth. Twenty million Chinese are left dead.Jonathan Spence is Stirling Professor of History at Yale University. His many acclaimed books on China include ‘The Search for Modern China’, ‘The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci’, ‘The Gate of Heavenly Peace’ and ‘To Change China’. His two most recent books, ‘God’s Chinese Son’ and ‘The Chinese Century’, are published by HarperCollins.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780002555845 |
| ISBN 10 | 0002555840 |
| Title | God’s Chinese Son |
| Author | Jonathan Spence |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1996-05-23 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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