The Book and the Sword
by:
Graham Earnshaw (author)
Jin Yong (author)
In the Book and Sword, Louis Cha revives the legend about the great eighteenth-century Manchu Emperor Qianlong which claims that he was in fact not a Manchu but a Han Chinese as a result of a "baby swap." The novel is panoramic in scope and includes the fantastical elements for which Cha is...
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In the Book and Sword, Louis Cha revives the legend about the great eighteenth-century Manchu Emperor Qianlong which claims that he was in fact not a Manchu but a Han Chinese as a result of a "baby swap." The novel is panoramic in scope and includes the fantastical elements for which Cha is well-known: secret societies, kungfu masters, a lost desert city guarded by wolf packs, and the mysterious Fragrant Princess.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780195907278 (0195907272)
Publish date: January 20th 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages no: 511
Edition language: English
Series: The Book and The Sword