A Dragon Lady Bibliography….

Posted: June 30th, 2012 | No Comments »

Given my recent comments on dragon ladies (see Foreign Policy article here) I thought perhaps a little biography of Dragon Lady-related books was in order – not exhaustive and do feel free to add…

The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls and the Fantasies of the Exotic Orient – Sheridan Prasso

Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China – Sterling Seagrave

The Dragon Empress – Marina Warner

Decadence Mandchoue – Edmund Backhouse

China Under the Empress Dowager – Edmund Backhouse & JOP Bland

The Last Empress – Anchee Min

The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China – Hannah Pakkula

Madame Chiang Kai-shek: China’s Eternal First Lady – Laura Tyson-Li

Madame Mao: The White Boned Devil – Ross Terrill

Madame vamping Truman in her white gloves and trademark qipao

 

 

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