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The Many Lives of the First Emperor of China By Anthony J. Barbieri-Low. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2022. xii + 337 pp. $65.00 (cloth)

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The Many Lives of the First Emperor of China By Anthony J. Barbieri-Low. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2022. xii + 337 pp. $65.00 (cloth)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2023

Mark Edward Lewis
Mark Edward Lewis*
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Journal of Chinese History 中國歷史學刊 , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , July 2023 , pp. 657 - 660
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