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Mountain of Fame, Portraits in Chinese History
by John Wills
- HISTORY
- 1996
- PAPER
- 424 PAGES
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An intriguing, novel approach to Chinese history. Instead of marching through the dynasties, Wells illuminates themes and continuities within Chinese tradition through 20 representative personalities. His book is a series of biographies, wonderfully told, of statesman, poets and philosophers through the ages. He tells of great events through the lives of individual Chinese. It's an excellent, immediately accessible approach to history.
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