{"product_id":"gods-chinese-son-by-jonathan-d-spence-9780393315561","title":"God's Chinese Son","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether read for its powerful account of the largest uprising in human history, or for its foreshadowing of the terrible convulsions suffered by twentieth-century China, or for the narrative power of a great historian at his best, \u003cem\u003eGod's Chinese Son\u003c\/em\u003e must be read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the center of this history of China's Taiping rebellion (1845-64) stands Hong Xiuquan, a failed student of Confucian doctrine who ascends to heaven in a dream and meets his heavenly family: God, Mary, and his older brother, Jesus. He returns to earth charged to eradicate the \"demon-devils,\" the alien Manchu rulers of China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis success carries him and his followers to the heavenly capital at Nanjing, where they rule a large part of south China for more than a decade. Their decline and fall, wrought by internal division and the unrelenting military pressures of the Manchus and the Western powers, carry them to a hell on earth. Twenty million Chinese are left dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470751908076,"sku":"9780393315561","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393315561-god-s-chinese-son.jpg?v=1775225298","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/gods-chinese-son-by-jonathan-d-spence-9780393315561","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}