Elephants and Golden Thrones: Inside China's Forbidden City
by Trish Marx
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Author: Trish MarxForeword: Li Ji
Photographer: Ellen B. Senisi
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-01
ISBN: 0810994852
Number of pages: 48
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
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Book Review: Time Tripping in the Forbidden City
Summary: 5 Stars
Trish Marx has chosen to tell the story of China's Forbidden City through its inhabitants. She takes us back in time to wake up in the palace with the Empress Dowager Gixi in the late 19th century. We see her bed and bedcovers. We watch her select her embroidered gown, and don her saphire dragonfly pin. We experience the exotic elegance of the enormous palace city from the 14th century to the present, always with an eye to the personal: the squadrons of servants laboring to maintain the emperor and his family, the thousands of candles and lanterns lighting the enormous rooms, the celebrations and rituals that dazzled visitors. Marx brings history to life...the next best thing to a visit to the Forbidden City itself!
Summary of Elephants and Golden Thrones: Inside China's Forbidden City
A rare look inside one of the wonders of the world, published in time for the 2008 Olympics in China
For five hundred years, the Forbidden City was the seat of power of China?s emperors. Given rare access to this vast and beautiful complex, Trish Marx and Ellen B. Senisi explore its secrets in full-color photographs and lively, meticulously researched stories. From a grand procession of elephants to the golden nail guards that protected the emperor?s three-inch nails, details large and small bring this fortress to life for young armchair travelers.
With contributions from the Palace Museum (the official museum of the Forbidden City), this is a definitive guide and the only book on the subject available for young readers.
For five hundred years, the Forbidden City was the seat of power of China?s emperors. Given rare access to this vast and beautiful complex, Trish Marx and Ellen B. Senisi explore its secrets in full-color photographs and lively, meticulously researched stories. From a grand procession of elephants to the golden nail guards that protected the emperor?s three-inch nails, details large and small bring this fortress to life for young armchair travelers.
With contributions from the Palace Museum (the official museum of the Forbidden City), this is a definitive guide and the only book on the subject available for young readers.
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