Empress Orchid
by Min, Anchee
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0618068872
- ISBN 13
- 9780618068876
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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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
- James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9018999
- Title
- Empress Orchid
- Author
- Min, Anchee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0618068872
- ISBN 13
- 9780618068876
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2004
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