| Picture shows "Historical Novel on the Restoration of China" written by Wang Xuean. This is one of the earliest books on the 1911 Revolution, with accounts on major events in the late Qing dynasty, such as Dr Sun Yat-sen's kidnapping in London, the founding of the Tongmenghui and the Guangfuhui, the Huizhou uprising, the Battle of Hekou, the execution of Qiu Jin, the Huanghuagang uprising, the assassination of the Prince Regent Zai Feng by Wang Jingwei, the Railway Protection Movement, the Wuchang uprising, the independence of the 17 provinces, the battle over Nanjing, the North-South Peace Talks, the abdication of Emperor Xuantong and the founding of the Chinese Republic. |
