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A fictional portrait of the infamous last empress of China follows the life of Orchid, a beautiful teenager from an aristocratic but impoverished family, who is chosen to become a low-ranking concubine of the emperor and who uses her seductive talents and intelligence to rise to a position of power in the Chinese court. 35,000 first printing.
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Empress Orchid, Anchee Min
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- Empress Orchid
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Anchee Min
- Publisher
- Hougton Mifflin
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0618068872
- ISBN13
- 9780618068876
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, 19th century, China, Asia, Asian Fiction, Queens, 19th-20th Century
- First published
- 2003
- Original title
- Empress Orchid
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- A fictional portrait of the infamous last empress of China follows the life of Orchid, a beautiful teenager from an aristocratic but impoverished family, who is chosen to become a low-ranking concubine of the emperor and who uses her seductive talents and intelligence to rise to a position of power in the Chinese court. 35,000 first printing.