{"product_id":"2026200013064-secondhand-comrade-chiang-ching","title":"Comrade Chiang Ch'Ing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was the most powerful woman in China — actress, revolutionary, and feared political architect of the Cultural Revolution — and Comrade Chiang Ch'ing is the only authoritative portrait of Jiang Qing drawn from her own words. Based on unprecedented, hours-long interviews conducted by historian Roxane Witke in 1972, this landmark biography chronicles the extraordinary and turbulent life of Mao Zedong's fourth wife, tracing her origins in poverty-stricken Shandong province through her rise as a Shanghai film star to her emergence as one of the most formidable and ruthless figures in twentieth-century Chinese politics.\n\nWitke presents a compelling study in ideological ambition and personal reinvention, illuminating the inner workings of the Chinese Communist Party through the prism of one woman's consuming drive for power. The biography argues that Jiang Qing was no mere appendage to Mao's legacy but a calculating political force in her own right, whose influence over art, culture, and propaganda reshaped an entire nation. Written with scholarly rigour yet compelled forward by the drama of its subject, this work raises a haunting question: how much of history is shaped not by ideology alone, but by the unchecked ambitions of those who stand closest to power?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203279495387,"sku":"2026200013064-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0987aba1-17d7-4428-98c5-28af62ab5109.png?v=1788147395","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013064-secondhand-comrade-chiang-ching","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}