Empress Orchid: A Novel
by Min, Anchee
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0618068872
- ISBN 13
- 9780618068876
- Seller
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Sewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. The image provided is the actual book I'm offering for sale. No markings or damage to any pages. No sunning. No clips. Structure of the book (covers, binding, spine, hinges) is tight and free of damage. Page block is nice and square. Cut pages. Additional photos will be provided upon request in order to ensure the quality and integrity of your book purchase.
Synopsis
Empress Orchid (2004) is a novel by Anchee Min which was first published in Great Britain in 2004. It is written in first person and is a sympathetic account of the life of Empress Dowager Cixi - from her humble beginnings to her rise as the Empress Dowager. Names within the story are different in spelling but retain the same pronunciation - allowing the reader to identify each relevant character to his or her real life counterpart.
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- Bookseller
- The Dusty Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0002837
- Title
- Empress Orchid: A Novel
- Author
- Min, Anchee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 336 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0618068872
- ISBN 13
- 9780618068876
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- China; Chinese; Empresses; Feminine; Fiction; Historical
- Bookseller catalogs
- Feminine; Fiction; China;
- Size
- Octavo
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