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Isaac Taylor Headland
Court Life in China (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) [EPUB ebook]

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Pokrywa Isaac Taylor Headland: Court Life in China (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (ePUB)

Published in 1902, this intimate portrait of life in the Chinese royal court was based on the experiences of Headland’s wife, who for twenty years served as the physician to the family of the Empress Dowager’s mother, a circumstance that afforded the Headlands a degree of access unprecedented for Westerners at the time.

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Isaac Taylor Headland (1859-1942) was an American missionary, teacher, and writer who wrote extensively about Chinese culture and society in books for young readers and adults, including The Chinese Boy and Girl.

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Język Angielski ● Format EPUB ● Strony 380 ● ISBN 9781411436473 ● Rozmiar pliku 1.1 MB ● Wiek 99-17 lat ● Wydawca Barnes & Noble ● Opublikowany 2011 ● Do pobrania 24 miesięcy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 8513549 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Adobe DRM

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