More than 22 centuries ago, in China's northwestern Shaanxi province, the first Qin emperor was buried in a magnificent tomb surrounded by an army of some 7,000 terra-cotta soldiers. Using the mausoleum structure as a key, this splendidly illustrated book offers a detailed look at that astonishing army and the life and times of the man whose resting place it guards, while answering many of the questions that have intrigued travelers, archaeologists, and students of Chinese culture since the site was discovered in 1974.