The Southern Song Dynasty: A History of China

The Southern Song Dynasty: A History of China, PART ONE, takes you on a journey through the rise, fall, and rebirth of one of China's most compelling dynasties. I didn't want this book to read like a dry catalog of dates and decrees; I wanted it to live, to breathe, and to be about the people who shaped a fractured world — emperors who bore the weight of exile, generals who made history on rivers and shores, and empresses whose influence moved courts. From the ashes of the Northern Song — a...