The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream by Michael Wood

The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

Michael Wood

624 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

Description

A single volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its significance today. Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a t...

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Moods

informative 100%
reflective 42%
challenging 14%
dark 14%
emotional 14%
hopeful 14%
inspiring 14%
sad 14%
tense 14%

Pace

medium 57%
slow 28%
fast 14%

Average rating

4.09

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