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The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China Poetry_Gift_Guide a portrait of a woman'sThis is a triumph of both research and storytelling. Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs From the bestselling author of The Last Romantic comes a history of modern China throughout the 20th centuryfrom the revolution that ended over 2,000 years of monarchy, followed by World War II, and ending in the loss to the Communist partyand the beautiful, but ruthless, woman at its center. An epic and comprehensive historical tapestry of 20th century China,