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Mandarin
Mandarin
Author: Robert Elegant
Saga of two families, a vast historical epic, and a passionate love story.
ISBN: 222859
Publication Date: 1983
Pages: 561
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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From the Taiping Rebellion to the torching of the Imperial Palaces by Western Hordes, a saga of 19th century China and two women swept into the flames of war.
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At the heart of this passionate saga of 19th century China are the love stories of two extraordinary women swept into the flames of war...FRONAH - daughter of a rich Jewish-Chinese merchant, she rebelled against her heritage and plunged into the sinful, dangerous pleasures of European Shanghai...
YENEHALA - out of thousands of the Emperor's concubines, she alone would bear him a son, heir to China's vast fortunes-and its bloody intrigues. Out of the smoking ruins of war, she alone would lead her beloved China to a glorious new destiny.......


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