Empress

Now available with P.S., Empress is the hugely popular historical novel of one of China's most controversial historical figures: its first female emperor, Empress Wu, who emerged in the Tang Dynasty and ushered in a golden age. Writing with epic assurance, poetry, and vivid historic detail, Shan Sa, author of Alexander and Alestria, plumbs the psychological and philosophical depths of what it means to be a striving mortal in a tumultuous, power-hungry world.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 09/15/2009
ISBN: 9780061829604
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.36w x 0.81d