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Title: Orphan Warriors by Pamela Kyle Crossley ISBN: 0-691-00877-9 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 07 October, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Taking Issue
Comment: I must take issue with the comments from Singapore. Orphan Warriors was 1991, the Last Emperors, 1998. How does one figure that the later book came first? This is not to detract from Evelyn S. Rawski, who has written the definitive study of the Qing (Ch'ing) emperors.

Rating: 5
Summary: A first rate read
Comment: First, there was Evelyn Rawski and now there's Pamela Crossley. These two women are truly revamping Qing culture for the Western world.
The story of the Manchus as seen thru 3 generations of bannermen.
However, one of the earlier reviews was clearly horsing around - he has morphed Emperor Puyi to Piyu and also mentioned that Jinliang was Puyi's courtesan.
Jinliang was a man!
The reference to the Empress Dowager's interest in all things equus gives the game away.

Rating: 5
Summary: Much Better Than Expected
Comment: I read this after The Manchus, and I actually liked it better. The first three chapters are very informative, and the story of the last part of the book is absolutely engrossing. Even serious readers will be swept along by the drama. If you like Jonathan Spence or Sterling Seagrave, the last half of this book will be found very delightful.

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