Review 'The bulk of this book consists of chronologically arranged chapters bookended by two chapters on the first reign and the Later Han capital Luoyang and the fall of the city, as well as a short introduction and concluding chapter. Written by a leading scholar in the field and meticulously researched, this book should be read by every student of Later Han China in the West.'V. C. Xiong, Western Michigan University, CHOICE, Vol. 54/8 (April 2017)Summing Up: Essential. All academic levels/libraries. 'We two reviewers see the riches that this book offers to specialists and non-specialists alike. Fire over Luoyang, along with de Crespigny's Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD) (2007), has laid the firmest of hangtu foundation for many topics in Eastern Han history. Like the fabled palaces of Luoyang itself, it is a splendid edifice.' MICHAEL NYLAN, University of California, Berkeley & THOMAS H. HAHN, Independent Scholar, Berkeley, Monumenta Serica, 66:1 (2018). Read more About the Author Rafe de Crespigny, Ph.D. (1968), Australian National University, is a professor at that university. His publications include A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms and Imperial Warlord: a Biography of Cao Cao 155-220 (Brill 2007 and 2010). Read more
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