by Anchee Min · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780747593164
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«The Last Empress» is the historical novel by Anchee Min, published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in paperback (425 pages, in English).
In late nineteenth-century China, Empress Tzu Hsi, known as Orchid, faces foreign attacks, rebellions and personal losses while trying to sustain a decadent empire. The novel portrays her as a human leader trapped between rival factions and dynastic loyalties, who sacrifices everything for her own.
The Last Empress is the second novel in the Empress Orchid series, by Anchee Min.
For readers of historical fiction interested in imperial China, the court and stories of 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.
