Sterling Seagrave

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Sterling Seagrave is best-selling author of The Soong Dynasty.

Seagrave grew up on the China-Burma border, the fifth generation of an American family living in the Orient for nearly two centuries (his father was Dr. Gordon Seagrave, author of Burma Surgeon). As an investigative journalist in Asia, he contributed to many major newspapers and magazines. His other books include The Yamato Dynasty: The Secret History of Japan's Imperial Family, Opération Lys d'or (Operation Golden Lily in English), Yellow Rain: A Journey Through the Terror of Chemical Warfare, The Marcos Dynasty and Dragon Lady. He and his wife and collaborator, Peggy Sawyer Seagrave, live in Europe.

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  • Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China by Sterling Seagrave, Vintage Books, New York, 1992 ISBN 0-679-73369-8. This book challenges the notion that the Empress-Dowager used the Boxers in the Boxer Rebellion. She is portrayed sympathetically.
  • Gold Warriors: America's Secret Recovery of Yamashita's Gold by Sterling & Peggy Seagrave, Verso, ISBN 1-85984-542-8.


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