- Published: 30 September 2011
- ISBN: 9781407029986
- Imprint: Ebury Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 544
Ancestors
The story of China told through the lives of an extraordinary family
Formats & editions
- Published: 30 September 2011
- ISBN: 9781407029986
- Imprint: Ebury Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 544
A stunning accomplishment...Frank Ching brings to life the last nine centuries of Chinese history and culture as almost no other work in the English language has done
Orville Schell, New York Times
Almost a millennium of Chinese history, reduced to a human scale
London Review of Books
Fascinating...The story of China's survival
Wall Street Journal
A tour de force
Washington Post
[An] extraordinary quest through 900 dramatic years of ancestral history
Jonathan Mirsky
Delightful...a tour de force of the cyclical rise and fall of China
Steve Tsang, Far Eastern Review
Not only a fascinating account of an extraordinary family...but provides a vivid picture of nearly a thousand years of history.
John Gittings, author of The Changing Face of China