Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing
by
Keith McMahon
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
This volume completes Keith McMahon’s acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor’s plural wives as mere victims or playthings, the book considers empresses and concubines as full-fledged participants in palace life, whether as mothers,...