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The Forbidden City

Beijing Guidemap

Beijing Guidemap


by MapEasy

  • 2006
  • MAP

This handy colorful double-sided map shows Central Beigin along with The Forbidden City, Tiannamen Square, the Summer Palace, Greater and out-of-town Beijing. (CHN530, $6.95)

Beijing Then and Now

Beijing Then and Now


by Brian Page

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 144 PAGES

Past and present Beijing are compared in photographs of Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Confucious Temple, the Marco Polo Bridge and other notable city sites. (CHN448, $18.95)

China and the Forbidden City

China and the Forbidden City


by Tom Priestley

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • DVD

This Peabody-award winning film explores the history, art and architecture of the imperial city. (CHN419, $19.95)

Empress Orchid

Empress Orchid


by Anchee Min

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 346 PAGES

In this novel of the glorious, decadent last days of 19th-Century Imperial China, Min (Red Azalea, Becoming Madame Mao) combines her tale of a young girl from the provinces who marries an emperor -- and then improbably becomes the Last Empress -- with a lovingly re-created portrait of life in the Forbidden City. (CHN267, $14.00)

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City


by Geremie R. Barme | Mary Beard

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 252 PAGES

A compact, elegant volume in Harvard's excellent Wonders of the World series, this pocket history illuminates the culture, mystique, architecture and politics of imperial Beijing. Fittingly, the book opens with Mao's symbolic address from the Gate of Heavenly Peace. (CHN468, $19.95)

The Forbidden City, Center of Imperial China

The Forbidden City, Center of Imperial China


by Gilles Beguin | Dominique Morel

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

This slim volume is packed with maps, archival photographs and illustrations. With a useful chronology and a carefully chosen selection of writings over the ages, it's an indispensable guide to the Forbidden City and the history of Imperial China. (CHN32, $15.95)

Forbidden City, The Great Within


by Caroline Courtauld | May Holdsworth | Hu Chui | Jonathan Spence

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 152 PAGES

This richly illustrated blend of history, anecdote, biographical sketches and stunning images evokes daily life in the Bejing's imperial city. (CHN450, $24.95)

The Last Emperor


by Bernardo Bertolucci

  • HISTORY
  • 1987
  • DVD

Bernardo Bertolucci's Oscar-winning rendition of the true story of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi, the last emperor of China's Ching Dynasty. (CHN225, $29.95)

 

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