Across The Threshold of the Forbidden City

Across the Threshold of the Forbidden City removes the dust of time and takes us into the Forbidden City of yesterday. This book is a guide to the history and treasures that even today depict that life: the relics, their history and associated stories; the grand halls and squares and the magnificent ceremonies that took place within them; the decorations which hint at the luxurious but lonely lives the women lead; and the simple, buildings which emanate the tales of a servant's life.