Stephen R. Platt
Author of Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War
About the Author
Stephen R. Platt recounts these events in spellbinding detail, building his story on two fascinating characters with opposing visions for China's future: the conservative Confucian scholar Zeng Guofan, an accidental general who emerged as the most influential military strategist in China's modern show more history; and Hong Rengan, a brilliant Taiping leader whose grand vision of building a modern, industrial, and pro-Western Chinese state ended in tragic failure. show less
Works by Stephen R. Platt
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War (2012) 346 copies, 10 reviews
Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age (2018) 315 copies, 4 reviews
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