In a well-illustrated lecture, Morna Mathers introduced us
to the man who put China, as we know it today, on the map. A visionary and
administrative genius; a skilled and courageous warrior: cruel, vengeful and
most likely more than a little insane, the First emperor was written out of history
for two millennia. The story of his rehabilitation rests on the discovery of
what is now described as the eighth wonder of the world, his Terracotta Army.
