Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 1
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is Lo Kuan-chung's retelling of the events attending the fall of the Han Dynasty in 220 A.D., one of the most tumultuous and fascinating periods in Chinese history. It is an epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death. As...
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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is Lo Kuan-chung's retelling of the events attending the fall of the Han Dynasty in 220 A.D., one of the most tumultuous and fascinating periods in Chinese history. It is an epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this fourteenth-century masterpiece continues to be loved and read throughout China as well as in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780804834674 (0804834679)
ASIN: 804834679
Publish date: April 15th 2002
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Pages no: 690
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Epic,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Asian Literature,
China,
Chinese Literature,
14th Century
I've had this book for a couple of years. I kept meaning to read it, but it never got far enough up my TBR stack.Until I saw Red Cliff. Admittedly, the shortened international version.Man, that movie is great. Go see it. Now!(Strange how my top three movies are all international and not US made)...
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