A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People’s Republic.
The Last Emperor
1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s arranged marriage autobiography based on true story becoming an adult beijing, china biography buddhism china communism coup d’etat decadence dowager drug addiction dynasty emperor experiment isolation japanese occupation of china manchuria opium reeducation camp revolution suicide suicide attempt teacher war crimes war on drugs world war ii
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