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2 hours ago · One of Winterton’s most memorable book reviews examined Decadence Mandchoue, the scandalous memoir of British homosexual Edward Trelawny Backhouse, who during the late 1800s entered the imperial court in Beijing as an English tutor, then quickly became a sexual partner for the then 67-year-old Empress Dowager Cixi (慈禧太后).
1 day ago · The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895) or the First China–Japan War was a conflict between the Qing dynasty and Empire of Japan primarily over influence in Korea. [2] After more than six months of unbroken successes by Japanese land and naval forces and the loss of the port of Weihaiwei, the Qing government sued for ...
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1 day ago · HISTORY: Today, let's talk about two or three things about ancient drivers..... See how they rode their horses on dusty roads with different looks, and made their names in history...
1 day ago · basket, 1 tiny island want simi mayor, then later got king, emperor, empress dowager, prince & princess, duke, dutchess, 國舅爺，公公，太監，貴妃雞..... Click to expand... Waiting for governor n viceroy posts by them
1 day ago · Although he was using the Empress Dowager's well-being as an excuse to the outside world, it seemed like he had no intention of hiding his true feelings as he blatantly mentioned her name. “That’s what they said. Hide a talented person like the Marquis’s granddaughter because it goes against the ‘agreement’ with our allies.”
2 hours ago · The Hole in the Ice. An Anastasia Fanfiction ~1916~ The youngest Romanov daughter, who'd been shrieking, “Let me go, please!” while Rasputin attempted to drag her back to her doom gave a timely kick, just as the ice beneath him (and nearly an inch of well-packed but powdery snow) cracked, and was soon safe with her grandmother – the dowager empress who had once been a Danish princess ...
