Two Years in the Forbidden City
by Princess Der Ling
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About this eBook
- Author
- Der Ling, Princess, 1886-1944
- Credits
- Produced by Charles Keller for Sarah, and by David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
- Subject
- China -- Court and courtiers -- Anecdotes
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 889
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/889
- Release Date
- April 1, 1997
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.TWO YEARS IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY
- 2.By The Princess Der Ling — First Lady In Waiting To The Empress Dowager — TO MY BELOVED FATHER LORD YU KENG
- 3.FOREWORD — TWO YEARS IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY
- 4.INTRODUCTORY
- 5.CHAPTER TWO—AT THE PALACE
- 6.CHAPTER THREE—A PLAY AT THE COURT
- 7.CHAPTER FOUR—A LUNCHEON WITH THE EMPRESS
- 8.CHAPTER FIVE—AN AUDIENCE WITH THE EMPRESS
- 9.CHAPTER SIX—IN ATTENDANCE ON HER MAJESTY
- 10.CHAPTER SEVEN—SOME INCIDENTS OF THE COURT
- 11.CHAPTER EIGHT—THE COURT LADIES
- 12.CHAPTER NINE—THE EMPEROR KWANG HSU
- 13.CHAPTER TEN—THE YOUNG EMPRESS
- 14.CHAPTER ELEVEN—OUR COSTUMES
- 15.CHAPTER TWELVE—THE EMPRESS AND MRS. CONGER
- 16.CHAPTER THIRTEEN—THE EMPRESS'S PORTRAIT
- 17.CHAPTER FOURTEEN—THE EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY
- 18.CHAPTER FIFTEEN—THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL
- 19.CHAPTER SIXTEEN—THE SUMMER PALACE
- 20.CHAPTER SEVENTEEN—THE AUDIENCE HALL
- 21.CHAPTER EIGHTEEN—THE NEW YEAR FESTIVALS
- 22.CHAPTER NINETEEN—THE SEA PALACE
- 23.CHAPTER TWENTY—CONCLUSION
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