Imperial Woman
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 First edition | |
| Author | Pearl S. Buck |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | John Day |
Publication date | April 2, 1956[1] |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Imperial Woman is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1956.
Imperial Woman is a fictionalized biography of Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu Hsi in Wade–Giles), who was a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor and on his death became the de facto head of the Qing dynasty until her death in 1908 (before which the novel ends).
