Manchu
- 605 pages
- 22 hours of reading
This novel transports the reader back to the savagery and the passion, to the opulence and sensuality, and to the great adventure of the last days of a dying dynasty.
Robert S. Elegant Books
Robert Sampson Elegant's fiction draws heavily from his extensive experience as a journalist in Asia, a region that forms the backdrop for most of his novels. His work is informed by his firsthand reporting on major conflicts, including the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Elegant masterfully weaves cultural and political intricacies into his narratives, offering readers a compelling and insightful glimpse into these dynamic settings.
Mandarin
- 645 pages
- 23 hours of reading
From the Taiping Rebellion to the torching of the Imperial palaces by Western hordes At the heart of this passionate saga of 19th century China are the love stories of two extraordinary women swept into the flames of war... FRONAH--Daughter of a rich Jewish-Chinese merchant, she rebelled against her heritage and plunged into the sinful, dangerous pleasures of European Shanghai... YENEHALA--Out of thousands of the Emperor's concubines, she alone would bear him a son, heir to China's vast fortunes -- and its bloody intrigues. Out of the smoking ruins of war, she alone would lead her beloved China to a glorious new destiny... Completing the trilogy begun in "Dynasty" and "Manchu", this family saga unfolds as an epic tale of love, war and ambition.
Dynasty
- 864 pages
- 31 hours of reading
The Seeking
- 397 pages
- 14 hours of reading
The Seeking
1999: Die noch intakte Naturlandschaft der Pyrenäen soll dem Bau einer Autobahn der Superlative zum Opfer fallen. Auch die Existenz der letzten noch lebenden Bären Europas ist bedroht. Einzig der Multimillionär Amadeus Brinks setzt sich für die Rechte der Tiere ein.
Breit angelegter historischer Roman. Im Mittelpunkt eine junge venezianische Adelige, die zur Zeit der Renaissance am Hofe der Medicis in ein dramatisches Ränkespiel gerät.
Sturm über Schanghai
Roman
In d. Geschichte e. Amerikanerin, d. 1921 nach Schanghai kommt u. dort d. Bruder ihrer chines. Freundin heiratet, spiegeln sich d. polit.-revolutionären Ereignisse bis zur Gründung d. Volksrepublik China.
Singapur 1955: Der amerikanische Kunsthändler Miles Corrigan wird wider Willen in das Machtspiel eines chinesischen Geheimbundes verwickelt. Ein verschollen geglaubtes wertvolles Rollbild bringt nicht nur ihn in tödliche Gefahr.
