Barmé, Geremie <br/><br/>
The Forbidden City 
Geremie R. Barmé 
 - Cambridge, Mass.  Harvard University Press  2008 
 - xxxi, 251 p. 
<br/><br/> "First published in the United Kingdom by Profile Books ... London"--T.p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>A palace of blood and tears -- The architecture of hierarchy -- Rise and decline -- A day in the reign -- The dowager -- Within and without the palace -- Three hundred years on -- The banquet of history. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781846680113 0674027795 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History -- General -- Forbidden City -- Central Authority