The Tiger Of Ch'In: How China Became A Nation
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: pages can have notes/underlining.
In the turbulent centuries before the common era, one man forged a fractured land of warring kingdoms into the world's most enduring civilization — The Tiger of Ch'in: How China Became a Nation chronicles the extraordinary rise of Ying Zheng, the ruthless and visionary King of Qin, who became China's first Emperor, Qin Shi Huang. Set against the backdrop of the Warring States period, this compelling historical narrative details the military campaigns, political machinations, and iron-willed ambition that unified seven rival kingdoms under a single imperial banner, laying the foundations for the Great Wall, a standardized script, and a centralized bureaucracy that would shape East Asian civilization for millennia. Leonard Cottrell, celebrated for his ability to render the ancient world vivid and accessible, brings the same authoritative storytelling here that distinguished his works on Egypt and the Mediterranean. He presents the Ch'in conquest not merely as a tale of military triumph, but as a profound turning point in human history — one defined by the tension between brutal autocracy and the birth of a unified cultural identity. Scholars and general readers alike will find this account as gripping as it is illuminating, leaving one to wonder at what extraordinary cost a nation is truly made.
Author: Leonard Cottrell
Format: Hardback
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: pages can have notes/underlining.
In the turbulent centuries before the common era, one man forged a fractured land of warring kingdoms into the world's most enduring civilization — The Tiger of Ch'in: How China Became a Nation chronicles the extraordinary rise of Ying Zheng, the ruthless and visionary King of Qin, who became China's first Emperor, Qin Shi Huang. Set against the backdrop of the Warring States period, this compelling historical narrative details the military campaigns, political machinations, and iron-willed ambition that unified seven rival kingdoms under a single imperial banner, laying the foundations for the Great Wall, a standardized script, and a centralized bureaucracy that would shape East Asian civilization for millennia. Leonard Cottrell, celebrated for his ability to render the ancient world vivid and accessible, brings the same authoritative storytelling here that distinguished his works on Egypt and the Mediterranean. He presents the Ch'in conquest not merely as a tale of military triumph, but as a profound turning point in human history — one defined by the tension between brutal autocracy and the birth of a unified cultural identity. Scholars and general readers alike will find this account as gripping as it is illuminating, leaving one to wonder at what extraordinary cost a nation is truly made.