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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.

1984
Mandarin
645 pages
23 hours of reading
3.7(6)Add rating
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.
1984
Dynasty
864 pages
31 hours of reading
1982
The Seeking
397 pages
14 hours of reading
The Seeking
1982
Manchu
605 pages
22 hours of reading
3.0(2)Add rating
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.

Mandarin

Dynasty

The Seeking

Manchu