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The Last Empress.
de MIN, ANCHEE
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Boston.: Houghton Mifflin Company.. 2007.. x + 308pp, stamps indicating deaccquistion from The Queen's Library, pastedowns damaged where library cover has been laid down, remainder mark lower edge, still a good otherwise clean hardback copy in dustjacket. At the end of the nineteenth century China is rocked by foreign attacks and local rebellions. The only constant is the power wielded by one woman, Tzu Hsi, also known as Empress Orchid, who must face the perilous condition of her empire and devastating personal losses. In this sequel to the bestselling "Empress Orchid", Anchee Min brings to life one of the most important figures in Chinese history, a very human leader who sacrifices all she has to protect both those she loves and her doomed empire. .
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The last decades of the nineteenth century were a violent period in China’s history, marked by humiliating foreign incursions and domestic rebellions and ending in the demise of the Ch’ing Dynasty. The only constant during this tumultuous time was the power wielded by one woman, the resilient, ever-resourceful Tsu Hsi -- or Empress Orchid, as readers came to know her in Anchee Min’s critically acclaimed, best-selling novel covering her rise to power. The Last Empress is the story of Orchid’s dramatic transition from a strong-willed, instinctive young woman to a wise and politically savvy leader who ruled China for more than four decades. In this concluding volume Min gives us a compelling, very human leader who assumed power reluctantly and sacrificed all to protect those she loved and an empire that was doomed to die.
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- Asia Bookroom
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- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- The Last Empress.
- Autor
- MIN, ANCHEE
- Estado del libro
- Usado
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- Tapa dura
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- Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston.
- Fecha de publicación
- 2007.
- Palabras clave
- China, Emperor, Fiction, Royal Family, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books
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Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
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