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ALSO BY STEPHEN R. PLATT
Provincial Patriots: The Hunanese and Modern China
THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2012 by Stephen R. Platt
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
www.aaknopf.com
Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Grateful acknowledgement is made to the University of Washington Press for permission to reprint excerpts from
The Taiping Rebellion: History and Documents,
volumes two and three, by Franz Michael with Chung-li Chang, copyright © 1966–1971 by Franz Michael.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Platt, Stephen R.
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom : China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War / by Stephen R. Platt.—1st ed.
p. cm.
“This is a Borzoi book”—T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
eISBN: 978-0-307-95759-7
1. China—History—Taiping Rebellion, 1850–1864. 2. China—Relations—Western countries. 3. Western countries—Relations—China. 4. China—History—Taiping Rebellion, 1850–1864—Participation, Foreign. 5. Visitors, Foreign—China—History—19th century. 6. Europeans—China—History—19th century. 7. Americans—China—History—19th century. 8. Manchus—History—19th century. 9. Ethnic conflict—China—History—19th century. 10. China—Ethnic relations—History—19th century. I. Title.
DS759.P57 2012
951.034—dc23          2011035137
Maps by Stephen R. Platt and David Merrill
Jacket image courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, Republic of China
Jacket design by Brian Barth
v3.1
For Francie and Lucy
Blessed are the peacemakers:
for they shall be called the children of God.
—Matthew 5:9
CONTENTS
Cover
Other Books by This Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Dramatis Personae
Chronology of Major Events
Preface
A Note on Romanization
Maps
PROLOGUE
Heaven’s Children
PART ONE
Twilight
1 The Preacher’s Assistant
2 Neutrality
3 The Shield King
4 Soundings
5 An Appointment in the North
PART TWO
Order Rising
6 A Reluctant General
7 The Force of Doctrine
8 The Perils of Civilization
9 Endurance
10 Heaven and Earth
11 Crossings
PART THREE
The Great Peace
12 The Point of No Return
13 Vampires
14 Flowering Rain
15 Blood and Honor
16 Crossing the Mountain
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Illustrations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Illustration Credits
About the Author ............

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