Women Administers

The Female Monarch depicts how Empress Dowager Cixi took charge of the old empire as a wife, mother and woman for almost half century. Empress Dowager Cixi assisted Emperor Tongzhi and Emperor Guangxu and changed from a conservative governing policy to an innovative governing policy in her long life. This book talks about the events in this turning point including Emperor Guang Xu's tragic life, the failure of Hundred Days' Reform and the wild ambition of Yuan Shikai. It shows a collapse of an empire and vicissitudes in this period.