INFAMOUS CHINESE EMPERORS / TALES OF TYRANNY AND MISRULE / Compiled & Illustrated by Tian Hengyu / HISTORY EXPRESS / ASIAPAC BOOKS / Paperback

ISBN-13: 9789812294593 / 978-9812294593 

ISBN-10: 9812294597

Pages 180

Printed in Singapore 

In ancient China, an emperor is regarded as tionzi or "Heaven's son", on who is sent from Heaven to rule the nation and its people. Little wonder that e held sway over the masses and is deemed sacred and imiolate. Literally, a dynasty's rise and fall, and the people's weal and woe, are intimately linked to his calibre and character.

Much has been written about the great emperors of China. But what about those rulers who, through their whims and fancies, had the commoners gnash their teeth in grief and hate?

Here are 12 stories on China's most notorious emperors-a motley crew of squanderers, murderers, thugs, lechers and idiots swaggering under the holy cloak of a tianzi! Read on and see how they got their just deserts!

• Publisher: ASIAPAC Singapore
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 9812294597
• ISBN 13: 9789812294593
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 180
• Editor: Tian Hengyu
• Illustrator: Tian Hengyu