ABSTRACT

This engrossing memoir tells the fascinating story of one of China's great leaders during the Nationalist revolution of the 1920s and of the woman who paid a staggering price so that he could attain his ambition. The tale begins in 1919 when the thirty-two-year-old Chiang Kai-shek met the naïve thirteen-year-old whom he would call Ch'en Chieh-ju.

chapter 1|8 pages

A Young Girl in Shanghai

chapter 2|16 pages

The Pursuit

chapter 3|10 pages

Matchmaking and Courtship

chapter 4|8 pages

Our Wedding

chapter 5|15 pages

Honeymoon

chapter 6|7 pages

The Dragon's Pulse

chapter 7|11 pages

Two “Sons”

chapter 8|10 pages

Soochow

chapter 9|6 pages

Canton and the General

chapter 10|15 pages

Quarrels with Dr. Sun

chapter 11|12 pages

Rebellion and Reversal

chapter 12|8 pages

“Living Angel Liu”

chapter 13

Soviet Friendship

chapter 14|8 pages

The Whampoa Military Academy

chapter 15|6 pages

Dr. Sun’s Last Journey

chapter 16|13 pages

Chiang Moves Ahead

chapter 17|10 pages

Life at the Academy

chapter 18|10 pages

The Chung shan Boat Incident

chapter 19|12 pages

The Dinner Party

chapter 20|5 pages

The Blue Shirts

chapter 21|11 pages

Northern Expedition

chapter 22|6 pages

Private Life

chapter 23|11 pages

The Ordeal

chapter 24|5 pages

Chiang’s Father

chapter 25|8 pages

The Great Intrigue

chapter 26|7 pages

Nanking

chapter 27|14 pages

My Exile