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May Holdsworth

Author of The Forbidden City: The Great Within

13 Works 95 Members 2 Reviews

Works by May Holdsworth

The Forbidden City: The Great Within (1995) 31 copies

Women of the Tang Dynasty (1999) 16 copies

The Forbidden City (1998) 16 copies

The Palace of Established Happiness: Restoring a Garden in the Forbidden City (2008) 9 copies

Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography (2011) 5 copies

A guide to Shanghai (1987) 4 copies

Foreign Devils: Expatriates in Hong Kong (2002) 4 copies

Beijing (1991) 3 copies

Sichuan (Odyssey Guides) (1993) 2 copies

Collins illustrated guide to Jiansu 2 copies

Sichuan/Four Rivers (China Guides Series) (1993) 1 copy

The Great Wall Sheraton Hotel Beijing: A Guide to Beijing 1 copy

A Golden Souvenir of Beijing 1 copy

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Women of the Tang Dynasty by May Holdsworth

Women in Tang society enjoyed experimenting with ways to enhance their charms. Not only enthusiastically adopting fashion styles of foreigners who thronged the capital of Chang'an, they were also some of the earliest cross-dressers in history.

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The Palace of Established Happiness: Restoring a… by May Holdsworth

To Linda and Ed, with friendship and appreciation! From: Ronnie Chan at the Asia Society -HK Center, January 9, 2013

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Works: 13
Members: 95
Popularity: #197,646
Rating: 5.0

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 22
Languages: 1

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