Edward Rutherfurd

China

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China, the Nineteenth Century: a vast, ancient empire closed to foreigners. Opium is the key to open its borders: it will buy silver and this in turn will buy tea. Western adventurers like John Trader make a fortune as the Empire sinks beneath a miasma of addiction, war, rebellion and tragedy. This is an unforgettable, sweeping tale of nineteenth-century China told from both sides of the divide: of Mei-Ling, the humble village woman who will become a mandarin's concubine; the Empress Dowager Cixi who seizes the throne as weak Emperors crumble before the foreigners; Lacquer Nail, the eunuch who adores her but will see his beloved Summer Palace… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4447-8782-5
EAN: 9781444787825
Produktnummer: 21565365
Verlag: Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 784 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.3 cm

Über den Autor

Edward Rutherfurd was born in England, in the cathedral city of Salisbury. Educated at the universities of Cambridge, and Stanford, California, he worked in political research, bookselling and publishing. After numerous attempts to write books and plays, he finally abandoned his career in the book trade in 1983, and returned to his childhood home to write SARUM, a historical novel with a ten-thousand year story, set in the area around the ancient monument of Stonehenge, and Salisbury. Four years later, when the book was published, it became an instant international bestseller, remaining 23 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. Since then he has written seven more bestsellers.