The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China

The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China is a 2009 biography of Soong May-ling, wife of Kuomintang leader and Taiwanese president Chiang Kai-shek written by Hannah Pakula.[1]

The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China  

Cover of the 2010 first edition.
Author(s) Hannah Pakula
Country  United States
Language English
Genre(s) History
Biography
Publisher Simon & Schuster (US)
Publication date November 3, 2009 (2009-11-03)
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 816
ISBN 9781439148938

Contents

Synopsis

Inaccuracies

Criticisms

Seth Faison of the LA Times Book Review noted "a few factual errors and cultural slip-ups", found Pakula "tone-deaf to the subtleties of Chinese culture and history", and thought the title "The Last Empress" was inappropriate (calling Soong instead "the first and most influential first lady ever" of modern China).[3]

Reference

  1. ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/1439148937 The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China
  2. ^ Mirsky, Jonathan. "She Who Must Be Obeyed." The New York Times. November 27, 2009. Retrieved on April 7, 2011.
  3. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/04/entertainment/la-et-book4-2009dec04 'The Last Empress' by Hannah Pakula