Ghost of the Forbidden City

by Sumita Mukherjee
Ghost of the Forbidden City
Author: Sumita Mukherjee
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2016-02-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781523215850
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Keiko, Kenzo and Eji are on an outbound trip to China with their school friends and a strict teacher. They visit the Forbidden Place and discover that it is haunted. Strange things happen in the guest house and they set out to investigate. They are shocked to see an unearthly hollow face. Kenzo, being a brave heart finds a clue and decides to get to the bottom of the mystery.

Two Years in the Forbidden City

by Princess Der Ling
Two Years in the Forbidden City
Author: Princess Der Ling
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2019-11-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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Two Years in the Forbidden City is an autobiography by Princess Der Ling. Her royal highness depicts her time while serving as the first lady-in-waiting for Empress Dowager Cixi, conveying the atmosphere of the Chinese court in those times.

The Forbidden City

by Geremie Barmé
The Forbidden City
Author: Geremie Barmé
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2008
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0674027795
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Barm peels away the veneer of power, secrecy, inscrutability, and passions of imperial China, to provide a new and original history of the culture, politics, and architecture of the Forbidden City: an extraordinary attraction, which encapsulates much of the country's history. ("Sunday Telegraph").

The Phantom: Danger in the Forbidden City

by Peter David
The Phantom: Danger in the Forbidden City
Author: Peter David
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781613451137
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The all-new six part critically acclaimed mini-series written by Peter David with art by Sal Velluto triumphantly returning the original, Ghost Who Walks -- The Phantom-- to comic books is now collected together as a deluxe graphic novel. This classic tale pits The Phantom against the Singh Brotherhood and their metal-handed leader who are intent on plundering an ancient fabled City of Gold. Only The Phantom, Diana and a newly found alley --taken from the pages of the first Phantom adventure-- can stop them! Filled with action, suspense, intrigue and surprises that will thrill Phantom fans and lure those only familiar with the legend.

Two Years in The Forbidden City

by Princess Der Ling
Two Years in The Forbidden City
Author: Princess Der Ling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 444
Release: 1911
Genre: Beijing (China)
ISBN:
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The author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yü Keng, a member of the Manchu White Banner Corps, and one of the most advanced and progressive Chinese officials of his generation. -- Foreword.

2 Years in the Forbidden City

by Princess Der Ling
2 Years in the Forbidden City
Author: Princess Der Ling
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2018-12-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 802724692X
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This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Two Years in the Forbidden City is the memoir by Princess Der Ling about her life in the service of Empress Dowager Cixi, where she was the First lady-in-waiting, as well as interpreter for her when she received foreign visitors. The book provides unique insights into life at the Manchu court and the character of the Empress, a world that ended abruptly with the 1911 revolution that overthrew the Manchu or Qing dynasty.

Famous Ghost Stories of Asia

by Jillian L. Harvey
Famous Ghost Stories of Asia
Author: Jillian L. Harvey
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2018-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1543525970
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Recounts famous ghost stories from Asia.

Forbidden City

by William Bell
Forbidden City
Author: William Bell
Publisher: Seal Books
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2010-10-15
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0385674120
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Seventeen-year-old Alex Jackson comes home from school to find that his father, a CBC news cameraman, wants to take him to China's capital, Beijing. Once there, Alex finds himself on his own in Tian An Men Square as desperate students fight the Chinese army for their freedom. Separated from his father and carrying illegal videotapes, Alex must trust the students to help him escape. Closely based on eyewitness accounts of the massacre in Beijing, Forbidden City is a powerful and frightening story.

Encyclopedia of Haunted Places

by Jeff Belanger
Encyclopedia of Haunted Places
Author: Jeff Belanger
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1601630824
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Featuring new listings and new information on existing haunts, thhis book offers supernatural tourists a guide to points of interest through the eyes of the world's leading ghost hunters.