Empress Orchid
by Min, Anchee
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2004. Third Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket, signed and inscribed across the title page by the author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pp .
Synopsis
Empress Orchid (2004) is a novel by Anchee Min which was first published in Great Britain in 2004. It is written in first person and is a sympathetic account of the life of Empress Dowager Cixi - from her humble beginnings to her rise as the Empress Dowager. Names within the story are different in spelling but retain the same pronunciation - allowing the reader to identify each relevant character to his or her real life counterpart.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Beasley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29833
- Title
- Empress Orchid
- Author
- Min, Anchee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions
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