Acknowledgments
Preface
One: The Observers
Two: The Land
Three: The Widow
Four: The Feud
Five: The Woman Who Ran Away
Epilogue: The Trial
Notes
Bibliography
Jonathan Spence's eleven books on Chinese history include The Gate of Heavenly Peace, Treason by the Book, and The Death of Woman Wang. His awards include a Guggenheim and a MacArthur Fellowship. He teaches at Yale University.
Praise for The Death of Woman Wang:
"Whether judged as fiction or as historical reconstruction, [this]
is a masterpiece of style and narration."
-Harold Bloom
"An unforgettable book of historical re-creation."
-The New Republic
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