{"product_id":"9781909771116","title":"The First Emperor of China","description":"The First Emperor\u003cbr\u003eIn 1974, Chinese peasants made the discovery of the century...\u003cbr\u003eThousands of terracotta soldiers guarding the tomb of a tyrant.\u003cp\u003eYing Zheng was born to rule the world, claiming descent from gods, crowned king while still a child. He was the product of a heartless, brutal regime devoted to domination, groomed from an early age to become the First Emperor of China after a century of scheming by his ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe faked a foreign threat to justify an invasion.\u003cbr\u003eHe ruled a nation under 24-hour surveillance.\u003cbr\u003eHe ordered his interrogators to torture suspects.\u003cbr\u003eHe boiled his critics alive.\u003cbr\u003eHe buried dissenting scholars.\u003cbr\u003eHe declared war on death itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Clements uses modern archaeology and ancient texts to outline the First Emperor's career and the grand schemes that followed unification: the Great Wall that guarded his frontiers and the famous Terracotta Army that watches over his tomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 2015, this revised edition includes updates from a further decade of publications, archaeology and fictional adaptations, plus the author's encounter with Yang Zhifa, the man who discovered the Terracotta Army.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Albert Bridge Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033403310320,"sku":"9781909771116","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909771116_p0.jpg?v=1763625429","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909771116","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}