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A Place In History - Forbidden City
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Author: Frances WoodIllustrator:
| Retail Price: | $27.00 |
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ISBN: 9780714127897
Format: Paperback
Published: May 2005
Published By: British Museum Press
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Published: May 2005
Published By: British Museum Press
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The Forbidden City in the centre of Beijing was the hub of imperial China from the fifteenth to the twentieth century. A city within a city, its inhospitable red walls enclosed the seat of government, the imperial palace, huge lakes dotted with islands and pleasure-boats, workshops producing luxury items for the court, and a zoo with horses, cats, elephants and the occasional giraffe.