Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister

Informationen zum Autor Jung Chang is the internationally bestselling author of Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China ; Mao: The Unknown Story (with Jon Halliday); and Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine who Launched Modern China . Her books have been translated into over 40 languages and sold more than 15 million copies outside Mainland China, where they are banned. She was born in China in 1952, and came to Britain in 1978. She lives in London. Klappentext Tells the story of the three sister who helped shape 20th century China, from the bestselling author of "Wild Swans". Ching-ling rose to be Mao's vice-chair, May-ling was the first lady of pre-Communist Nationalist China, and Ei-ling became Chiang's main advisor and made herself one of China's richest women. Along the way, they faced revolution, betrayal, war, love and sisterhood. Zusammenfassung SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2020 Meet the three women who helped shape the course of modern Chinese history; a gripping story of sisterhood and betrayal from the bestselling author of Wild Swans. They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled seismic transformations these three women left an indelible mark on history. Red Sister rose to be Mao's vice-chair. Little Sister became first lady of pre-Communist Nationalist China. Big Sister made herself one of country's richest women. Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister takes us on a sweeping journey from exiles' quarters in Japan and Berlin to secret meeting rooms in Moscow, and from the compounds of the Communist elite in Beijing to the corridors of power in democratic Taiwan. By turns intimate and epic, Jung Chang reveals the lives of three extraordinary women who helped shape twentieth-century China.

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Jung Chang is the internationally bestselling author of Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China; Mao: The Unknown Story (with Jon Halliday); and Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine who Launched Modern China. Her books have been translated into over 40 languages and sold more than 15 million copies outside Mainland China, where they are banned. She was born in China in 1952, and came to Britain in 1978. She lives in London.

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Tells the story of the three sister who helped shape 20th century China, from the bestselling author of "Wild Swans". Ching-ling rose to be Mao's vice-chair, May-ling was the first lady of pre-Communist Nationalist China, and Ei-ling became Chiang's main advisor and made herself one of China's richest women. Along the way, they faced revolution, betrayal, war, love and sisterhood.

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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2020*Meet the three women who helped shape the course of modern Chinese history;