Empress: A Novel (P.S.)
Now available with P.S., Empress is the hugely popular historical novel of one of China’s most controversial historical figures: its first female emperor, Empress Wu, who emerged in the Tang Dynasty and ushered in a golden age. Writing with epic assurance, poetry, and vivid historic detail, Shan...
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Now available with P.S., Empress is the hugely popular historical novel of one of China’s most controversial historical figures: its first female emperor, Empress Wu, who emerged in the Tang Dynasty and ushered in a golden age. Writing with epic assurance, poetry, and vivid historic detail, Shan Sa, author of Alexander and Alestria, plumbs the psychological and philosophical depths of what it means to be a striving mortal in a tumultuous, power-hungry world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061829604 (0061829609)
ASIN: 0061829609
Publish date: 2009-09-15
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Contemporary,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
France,
China,
Chinese Literature,
Fiction,
Historical
3.5 stars This book isn't very long, but it took me something like a month to read! (and I'm not even in a reading slump!) Don't get me wrong, it is not a bad book- Heavenlight's story is fascinating, and Shan Sa's writing is extremely unique. you can definitely tell, when you're reading the boo...
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