Empress
Evelyn B. McCune$21.25
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"McCune has recreated the splendor and intrigue of the imperial court in the Tang dynasty...giving us entertaining and informative access to a brilliant time and a complex woman."
JEFFREY RIEGEL
Chair, Department of East Asian Languages
University of California, Berkeley
Sweeping through exotic, turbulent seventh-century China, EMPRESS is the captivating epic of one extraordinary woman who would become the only female emperor in all of China's history. The story of Wu Jao, set against the backdrop of medieval China, reveals not only an age of horrifying barbarism, daring treachery, and precarious power, but also an eternal culture of sophistication and enlightenment.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Fawcett Books
Published: 08/19/1994
ISBN: 9780449907498
Pages: 500
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 7.94h x 6.22w x 1.29d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/04/1994 pg. 57
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/1994 pg. 725
JEFFREY RIEGEL
Chair, Department of East Asian Languages
University of California, Berkeley
Sweeping through exotic, turbulent seventh-century China, EMPRESS is the captivating epic of one extraordinary woman who would become the only female emperor in all of China's history. The story of Wu Jao, set against the backdrop of medieval China, reveals not only an age of horrifying barbarism, daring treachery, and precarious power, but also an eternal culture of sophistication and enlightenment.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Fawcett Books
Published: 08/19/1994
ISBN: 9780449907498
Pages: 500
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 7.94h x 6.22w x 1.29d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/04/1994 pg. 57
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/1994 pg. 725