The Last empress

The story of Soon May-ling, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's American-educated wife, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, is epic in scope. Along with her husband, she is the story of modern China, which started with a revolution that swept away more than 2,000 years of history, and was followed by World War II and the eventual loss of China to the Communists. Her role in China's recent history was as important as that of the husband she supported.