Imperial Woman
by Pearl Buck
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Wellsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Good clean copy. Pages slightly tanned. Dust jacket worn on edges and taped on upper spine.
Synopsis
Imperial Woman is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1956. Imperial Woman is a fictionalized biography of Ci-xi (Tz'u Hsi in Wade-Giles), who was a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor and on his death became the de facto head of the Qing Dynasty until her death in 1908 (before which the novel ends). The story of Tzu Hsi is the story of the last Empress in China. In the novel Nobel Prize winner Pearl S.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Luminary Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1407
- Title
- Imperial Woman
- Author
- Pearl Buck
- Format/Binding
- Tight binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 5x8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Novel/collectible
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Luminary Books
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Wellsville, New York
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