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#334 - Taiping 11: The Spear of Heaven and the Winter Wolf

The History of China by Chris Stewart

Jun 23, 202631:31Society & Culture

The Taiping Army commits to one of its most audacious acts yet – an assault on the Qing throne itself, a thousand miles north in Beijing. To reach it, it will launch its great Northern Campaign: a single spear-throw that...

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