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The Last Empress by Anchee Min (2007, Compact Disc, Unabridged edition)

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The last decades of the nineteenth century were a violent period in China's history, marked by humiliating foreign incursions and domestic rebellions and ending in the demise of the Ch'ing Dynasty. The only constant during this tumultuous time was the power wielded by one woman, the resilient, ever-resourceful Tsu Hsi -- or Empress Orchid, as readers came to know her in Anchee Min's critically acclaimed, best-selling novel covering her rise to power. The Last Empress is the story of Orchid's dramatic transition from a strong-willed, instinctive young woman to a wise and politically savvy leader who ruled China for more than four decades. In this concluding volume Min gives us a compelling, very human leader who assumed power reluctantly and sacrificed all to protect those she loved and an empire that was doomed to die.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
ISBN-10
1428143521
ISBN-13
9781428143524
eBay Product ID (ePID)
126352445

Product Key Features

Book Title
Last Empress
Author
Anchee Min
Format
Compact Disc
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Historical
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Fiction

Dimensions

Item Length
5.2in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Number of Volumes
13 Vols.
Edition Description
Unabridged Edition
Reviews
Striking metaphors and vivid Chinese proverbs enhance Min's tensile prose, but it is her trenchant comments about the ways in which powerful individuals can paint bold colors on the panorama of history that distinguishes her spellbinding novel., Min's tale of a woman with too much power in a world that completely lacks stability is nothing less than brilliant.
Copyright Date
2007
Narrated by
O'karma, Alexandra
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Dewey Edition
22