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| Price: |
$14.00 |
| Member Price: |
$12.60 |
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| Author: |
Min, A |
| Publisher: |
Mariner |
| Format: |
PBK,
368pp |
| Region: |
East Asia |
| Country: |
China |
From a master of the historical novel, Empress Orchid sweeps readers into the splendid heart of the Forbidden City to tell the fascinating story of a young Chinese concubine who becomes China"s last empress. Min introduces the beautiful Tzu Hsi, known as Orchid, and weaves an epic of a country girl who seizes power through seduction, murder, and endless intrigue. When China is threatened by enemies, she alone seems capable of holding the country together. A novel of high drama and lyricism and lavish historical detail, Empress Orchid provides an extraordinary look inside the Forbidden City in its last days of imperial glory and breathes life into one of the most important women in history. In "an absorbing companion piece to her novel Becoming Madame Mao" (New York Times), readers and reading groups will once again be transported by Min"s vivid prose as she creates a portrait of a flawed yet utterly compelling woman who survived, and ultimately dominated, a male world.
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