{"product_id":"empress-by-shan-sa-2007-reprint-reading-group-guide","title":"Empress\tby Shan Sa (2007, Reprint, Reading Group Guide)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harper Perennial\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2007\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e Reprint, Reading Group Guide at end\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 319\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ux-textspans\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used - Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e8 x 5.25 x 0.75 inch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780061147876\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eCompare to $14.95 new\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA ravishing historical novel of one of China's most controversial historical figures: its first and only female emperor, Empress Wu, who emerged in the Tang Dynasty and ushered in a golden age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn seventh–century China, during the great Tang dynasty, a young girl from the humble Wu clan entered the imperial gynaecium, which housed ten thousand concubines. Inside the Forbidden City, she witnessed seductions, plots, murders, and brazen acts of treason. Propelled by a shrewd intelligence, an extraordinary persistence, and a friendship with the imperial heir, she rose through the ranks to become the first Empress of China. On the one hand, she was a political mastermind who quelled insurrections, eased famine, and opened wide the routes of international trade. On the other, she was a passionate patron of the arts who brought Chinese civilization to unsurpassed heights of knowledge, beauty, and sophistication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd yet, from the moment of her death to the present day, her name has been sullied, her story distorted, and her memoirs obliterated by men taking vengeance on a women who dared become Emperor. For the first time in thirteen centuries, Empress Wu flings open the gates of her Forbidden City and tells her own astonishing tale–revealing a fascinating, complex figure who in many ways remains modern to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Raquel's Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44525438500906,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6014\/4682\/files\/Empress_by_Shan_Sa_stock_photo.jpg?v=1785367105","url":"https:\/\/www.raquelsbookstore.com\/products\/empress-by-shan-sa-2007-reprint-reading-group-guide","provider":"Raquel's Bookstore LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}