by Anchee Min · Bloomsbury Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780747566984
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«Empress Orchid» is the historical novel by Anchee Min, published by Bloomsbury Publishing in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Orchid, a young woman from an impoverished aristocratic family, enters the Forbidden City as a lower-ranking concubine during the last days of the Chinese empire. There she discovers a ceremonial and erotic court marked by conspiracies, murders and rivalry among concubines. Seduction and ambition become her weapons for survival.
First installment of the «Empress Orchid» series by Anchee Min; historical novel published by Bloomsbury Publishing in English.
For readers of historical fiction and fiction set in imperial China, with an interest in the court, power and survival.
Anchee Min is a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, Red Azalea and The Cooked Seed: A Memoir, and six historical novels. Her fiction emphasizes strong female characters, such as Jiang Qing, the wife of chairman Mao Zedong, and Empress Dowager Cixi, the last ruling empress of China.
