{"product_id":"manchu-palaces-9781440137150","title":"Manchu Palaces","description":"\" A rich and nuanced portrait of eighteenth-century China...a magical book.\"\u003cbr\u003e Delia Sherman\u003cp\u003e \"Gently intriguing, brilliantly detailed...Lotus's singular story of enlightenment, involving a statue of the goddess Tara and the secret of a mandala, is the radiant center of these diversions.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A luminous, self-contained, fluid world in which history, legend, and religious quest create a portrait of an age- the glittering high noon of the Manchu Empire...An exemplary novelist again makes history a playful parade of personalities, period details, and ordinary people conscripted by the times.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Both educational and thoroughly enjoyable.\" \u003cbr\u003e Nancy Pearl, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440137150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jeanne Larsen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43896702009525,"sku":"9781440137150","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_040e05e4-1ca7-445a-9175-ba05be907696.jpg?v=1712631760","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/manchu-palaces-9781440137150","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}