L'imperatrice Orchidea
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
8879725548
Publish date: 2004
Publisher: Corbaccio
Pages no: 465
Edition language: Italian
Series: Empress Orchid (#1)
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min is the story of a girl who rises from poverty to the role of Empress Dowager of China. Told as a first person narrative, the book submerges the reader into her world. As such, the story appears as viewed through the lens of a camera - Orchid's eyes. What is beyond the fr...
2.5
The first grown-up movie (a movie with subtitles, adult themes, and not based on a comic book or video game) I ever saw was The Last Emperor. I saw it pre-high school. I can't remember why I wanted to see it. I can remember really wanting to see it and loving it. I still love it. So it should b...
I had high expectations for this book after hearing so much about it on GoodReads. It sort of fell short of those expectations though. I give it 3 ½ stars, which is not bad but I thought it was going to be a 4 to 5 star book. The story itself was very good and it certainly started very well. Orchid ...
Dear God, but it's a joy to have bookstore gift cards to spend and new books flurrying onto my shelves!
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