{"product_id":"twilight-in-the-forbidden-city-paperback-9781108029650","title":"Twilight in the Forbidden City (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108029650","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTwilight in the Forbidden City\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohnson's account of the last years of the Chinese Qing dynasty provides a unique Western perspective on this historic period.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eReginald F. Johnston (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108029650, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e572 pages, 36 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.2 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBritish academic and diplomat Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874–1938) published Twilight in the Forbidden City in 1934. The work is a memoir of Johnston's time in Beijing between 1919 and 1924, at the court of the Qing Dynasty, where he served as tutor to Aisin-Gioro Puyi (1906–1967), last emperor of China. Johnston was one of only two foreigners who were permitted to enter the imperial palace, and so his account provides a unique Western perspective on the epochal events of the period. The work has a preface by the emperor Puyi and includes detailed descriptions of palace rituals, including Puyi's wedding ceremony; translations of key documents; Johnston's perspective on the revolution of 1911 and the 1917 restoration; his observations on Chinese society as a whole; and eye-witness accounts of the political intrigues of the palace. The memoir was dramatised in Bernardo Bertolucci's cinematic masterpiece, The Last Emperor.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Reform Movement of 1898\u003cbr\u003e 2. The collapse of the Reform Movement\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reaction and the Boxer Movement, 1898–1901\u003cbr\u003e 4. The last years of Kuang-Hsü, 1901–1908\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Empress-Dowager, T`z?-Hsi\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Revolution, 1911\u003cbr\u003e 7. The 'Articles of Favourable Treatment' of the Manchu Imperial House\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Ta Ch`ing and the Hung Hsien Emperors\u003cbr\u003e 9. Change Hsün and the Restoration of 1917\u003cbr\u003e 10. Autobiography of the Old Man of the Pine-Tree (translated from the Chinese)\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Forbidden City, 1919–1924\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Imperial tutors\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Manchu court in twilight\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Imperial Household Department (Nei Wu Fu)\u003cbr\u003e 15. The dragon unfledged\u003cbr\u003e 16. Monarchist hopes and dreams\u003cbr\u003e 17. The dragon restless\u003cbr\u003e 18. The dragon flaps his wings\u003cbr\u003e 19. Dragon and phoenix\u003cbr\u003e 20. Plots and stratagems\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Imperial garden\u003cbr\u003e 22. The summer palace\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Fifth of November\u003cbr\u003e 24. The dragon caged\u003cbr\u003e 25. The flight of the dragon\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: the dragon goes home\u003cbr\u003e Pedigree of the Manchu Emperors\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913144197400,"sku":"9781108029650","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108029650i_b781c9e2-c0ac-448e-ac34-bfe54cefa446.jpg?v=1694873569","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/twilight-in-the-forbidden-city-paperback-9781108029650","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}