Every Bannon vs. Kushner blow-by-blow I've read this week reminded me of Tudor-era courtier intrigue.
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En réponse à @fordm
I'm reading a book about the Manchus and I just finished the chapter about the Qianlong Emperor and wow uncanny
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En réponse à @sarahjeong
Oh man Europeans had NOTHING like the Forbidden City. Which book?
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En réponse à @fordm
The Manchus by Pamela Crossley. Not as intricate as I had hoped but still enjoyable and interesting.
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En réponse à @sarahjeong @fordm
The part where the Qianlong Emperor's favorite daughter marries into the family of his fav courtier who systemically pillages the empire...
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...and is able to do so because the Qianlong Emperor is old and would rather focus interest on his hobbies rather than governing.....
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En réponse à @sarahjeong @fordm
The part about the Qianlong Emperor being incredibly literate and his hobbies being like poetry and painting and shit, did not ring a bell
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