Empress Orchid / Anchee Min.
A fictional portrait of the last empress of China follows Orchid, a beautiful teenager from an aristocratic family, who is chosen to become a low-ranking concubine of the emperor and rises to a position of power in the Chinese court.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin,
2004.
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| Series: | Empress Orchid ;
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| Summary: | A fictional portrait of the last empress of China follows Orchid, a beautiful teenager from an aristocratic family, who is chosen to become a low-ranking concubine of the emperor and rises to a position of power in the Chinese court. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 336 pages : map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0618068872 9780618068876 0618562036 9780618562039 |