From the slaves used to build the Great Wall to the Tiananmen Square protests, the illustrated China – A Dark History takes an expert sweep across more than 2

A single volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its significance today. Michael Wood has travelled the length and b

Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine that recasts the era of Mao Zedong and the history of the Pe

Explains why Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, and shows his Machiavellian role in masterminding it. This book documents the Hobbesian state that ensued. Po

Explore the long and rich history of China's great dynasties. From the clans and legends of prehistory to the last Qing emperor, this book brings China's imperi