China's uniquely long history has been characterised as the embodiment of wise stewardship and an adherence to Confucian principles of humanity. My Life as Emperor tells the real story of incompetence, cruelty, decadence and an absence of concern for anyone's well-being but those holding power. It is a chilling yet enormously entertaining glimpse of the dark side of nation-building, as well as a vivid insight into the lives of the palace women and the surrounding court intrigue richly embroidered with extraordinary calamities and rampant slaughter.
- ISBN13 9781401374044
- Publish Date 15 February 2006 (first published 1 February 2004)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 August 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Hachette Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 290
- Language English