Fire and Ice: Li Cunxu and the Founding of the Later Tang by Richard L. Davis

Fire and Ice: Li Cunxu and the Founding of the Later Tang

Richard L. Davis

256 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

biography history adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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The Later Tang was the first of several ephemeral states created by the Shatuo Turks in tenth-century China and Li Cunxu, a martial genius, was its founder. In fifteen years, he turned a small satrapy on China’s periphery into a powerhouse capable...

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