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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The empress of art The empress of art Susan Jaques Traces the remarkable history of Catherine the Great's influential art collection and creation of the Hermitage, discussing how her cultural goals were part of a long-term plan to modernize and weste… OL20022278W
The Scorpion's Empress The Scorpion's Empress Yoshiyuki Ly After years of serving a corrupt government, Ser Videl, an idealistic paladin, learns that her younger sister is tangled in a dark scheme against Raj Mangala, the compassionate yet troubled empress o… OL20234213W
Shuo Xiaozhuang Shuo Xiaozhuang Lianhai Ji 说到孝庄皇太后是一个大名鼎鼎的女人,这是很多读者都知道的.孝庄皇太后这个女人,她先后辅佐了从开国皇帝努尔哈赤到康熙在内的清初四个皇帝.从这一点上,我们完全可以说,如果没有了孝庄,明清之际中国的历史--甚至整个中国的历史就很有可能要改写. OL33163912W
Da Ming xian hou Da Ming xian hou Haiying Zhang 她,是仁慈,善良,俭朴,爱民的一代贤后;她敢于在明太祖施行暴政时进行劝谏,保全了许多忠臣良将的性命;她善待后宮嫔妃,不为娘家谋私利开创了明朝后宮和外戚不干政的风气.她就是明朝开国皇帝朱元璋的结发妻子马秀英--马皇后. OL33202437W
Dragon Lady Dragon Lady Sterling Seagrave The author of *The Soong Dynasty* gives us our most vivid and reliable biography yet of the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi, remembered through the exaggeration and falsehood of legend as the ruthless Manchu… OL3522972W
The Hidden Stars The Hidden Stars Madeline Howard More than a century ago, the cataclysmic struggle between the wizards and the mages ended in their mutual destruction -- leveling great cities and reducing grand palaces to dust. From the vast gravey… OL5733702W