Melvyn Bragg
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1,061 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 2d ago
Melvyn Bragg’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Brana, what's the state of China in eighteen thirties when Su Xi was born?
a the there's a trade imperative because uh we were in debt to China as it were and opium was one of the few things we could sell that they wanted.
Um but there's also isn't an imperial imperative.
Did people want to conquer China as it were, to have a bit of this greater empire?
The Qing Dynasty had ruled China for almost two centuries by then.
Had it been stable until then, did the opium war destabilise it in a profound way?
Thank you very much.
Young one, uh into this comes Su Xi.
Can you tell us about her early life?
Manchu means coming from the north and
Does consort mean concubine?
concubine means to have children.
Consort means you r you have a friendly relationship with them, I think I should think
Most of all she has a son.
So she started to climb as soon as she got there.
What drove her?
What what w what were her qualities that made her succeed from the beginning?
Thank you very much.
An awful lot's going on in China's history, but the period we're talking about.
Thank you very much.
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