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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Greg Jenner is joined in nineteenth-century China by historian Professor Yangwen Zheng and comedian Sophie Duker to learn about the Qing dynasty ruler Empress Dowager Cixi. A contemporary of Queen Victoria, Cixi rose fro...
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China is an episode from You're Dead To Me by BBC. Greg Jenner is joined in nineteenth-century China by historian Professor Yangwen Zheng and comedian Sophie Duker to learn about the Qing dyn...
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Published Apr 3, 2026, 58:06 long, audio available.
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