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Author: Marina Warner
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448103169
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 291

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From 1861 to 1908 a woman, the Empress Dowager Tz'u-hsi, born the daughter of a minor mandarin, held the supreme power in China. Opportunistic, ruthless, malicious, she ruled over four hundred million people. Marina Warner's biography lays bare her complex personality: her extreme conventionalism; her hatred of "foreigners"; her passion for power and intrigue; her vanity and her delight in ritual; her extravagance and corruption and her love of gardens, painting and the theatre. THE DRAGON EMPRESS also portrays a China in rapid decline as poverty, civil war and foreign exploitation and invasion brought about the fall of the Ch'ing dynasty.

Author: Carlos A. Jones
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456736795
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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It is 6 cycles since Genesis Star has taken the throne as King Of The War Gods. Ja Mina Larie, a "Soul Stealing" Alchemist, has fallen in love with Genesis Star. The powerful Alchemist is now a maiden within Star's many houses. Queen Orikanatana has except Ja Mina into her line of maidens, and the Dynasty is even more powerful than before. The Ice Princess and Sleeping Leopard has postponed their retirement to help Genesis Star with her maidens. General, Paheya, Tach-Orum, and Mon-Daf have all been promoted. The Dojo games are coming soon, this is the largest Martial Arts tournament in all seven Earth Realms. Genesis Star must make her final decision on 6th Earth Realm. Will she take her powerful Dynasty Warriors and crush them, or will she listen to her compassionate, and beautiful Queen. Batanara is undecided about the beautiful Kapriya. Will their relationship last, and will they be the next leaders of Pum Dam Province? What challenges will the Dynasty have to face in the future?

Author: James E Wisher
Publisher: Sand Hill Publishing
ISBN: 1945763582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Yaz finally knows where to find his mother. After losing his father, he’s determined to get to her in time. Meanwhile, the Dark Sages have gained the full power of the dragonspires. Dragons rule the sky above Carttoom and Rend. Fire and death await anyone who dares resist. Only a desperate group of wizards and rangers stand between the kingdoms and slavery. Yaz’s power is the ultimate trump card. If only he can gain control of it. The final battle is here.

Author: Eve Newton
Publisher: Eve Newton
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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Things start to get even more complicated for the new Dragon Empress! I manage to escape the clutches of my supposed Fae mate, by using my sister as a diversion, but once I get back home, things start to move rapidly with my pregnancy. However, with this glorious Christmas gift, a new set of problems arise. After discovering who the father of my daughter is, we have the consequences to deal with. Not only within our relationship but the far-reaching ones. On top of that, I'm still finding my feet being Empress of the most powerful race -- the Dragons, and yet my Fae mate won't leave me alone. I have to find a way to make all of this work without hurting my men and the most precious thing to me, my daughter. On top of that, the repercussions of finding out about my own father are severe, leaving me doubting who I am but it soon becomes clear there is only one solution. This isn't going to be as easy as I first thought. Dragon RH series. Scenes of MM. Possible triggers.

Author: Elana A. Mugdan
Publisher: Shivnath Productions
ISBN: 1792366639
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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All roads lead to Darkness. Keriya Soulstar is a hero. News of her historic victory against Necrovar has spread. Creatures from all over the world have flocked to Allentria to meet her draconic family. The mortals still believe the dragons are the key to their salvation. But Keriya knows better. The dragons are being controlled by a terrible dark force, and without their help in the war, the burden of victory falls solely on her. Now that the truth about Necrovar's power has been revealed, Keriya understands that she can’t win unless she learns to control the deadly, destructive magic in her soul. The weight of power, duty, and honor settle on Keriya as she embarks on her final and most dangerous quest. She must free the dragons, fulfill her obligations to Allentria, and master valemagic. She must become a god. If she has to sacrifice her humanity along the way...so be it. Contains: Fantasy violence, mild romance

Author: Anchee Min
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408828995
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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'Vivid and entertaining ... this is history as it plays upon the emotions. Empires crumble, hearts are broken' THE TIMES From the bestselling author of Red Azalea comes the much-anticipated sequel to Empress Orchid At the end of the nineteenth century China is rocked by foreign attacks and local rebellions. The only constant is the power wielded by one woman, Tzu Hsi, also known as Empress Orchid, who must face the perilous condition of her empire and devastating personal losses. In this sequel to the bestselling Empress Orchid, Anchee Min brings to life one of the most important figures in Chinese history, a very human leader who sacrifices all she has to protect both those she loves and her doomed empire.

Author: Sterling Seagrave
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 648

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"The last empress of China--Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi (1835-1908)--is remembered as one of history's monsters, an iron-willed concubine who, after usurping power in 1861, ruled from the Dragon Throne for half a century. Her reign, in the aftermath of the Opium Wars and through the Boxer Rebellion until the collapse of the 2,000-year-old empire, has traditionally been seen as one of murder, poison, and intrigue. But the wicked image is false." "In 1974, to the dismay of scholars, Sir Edmund Backhouse--the biographer most responsible for the widespread vision of Tzu Hsi as monster--was revealed to be a con man. And now the author of the celebrated best-seller The Soong Dynasty has undertaken the first complete reappraisal of the empress--exposing Backhouse's writings about her as a major hoax and forgery, and establishing that the most important Western correspondent in Peking during her reign--Dr. George Morrison of the London Times--kept a secret diary contradicting his own dispatches about Tzu Hsi." "Drawing on many unpublished or long-overlooked contemporary sources, Sterling Seagrave shows us Tzu Hsi as a complex woman whose desperate--though often misguided--efforts to hold her country together take on a different coloration in the context of unrelenting foreign attempts to colonize and tear it apart. Far from being all-powerful, she was actually a hostage of vengeful Manchu princes who were using her in a power struggle against both Chinese reformers and foreign interference." "Here at last is an authentic portrait of this fascinating historical figure, as well as insight into the Western craving to believe in a sinister, dragon-haunted Orient. Dragon Lady is at once a compelling biography and the equally compelling story of how a myth was contrived, how it endured, and how, ultimately, the truth has emerged."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author: Keith Laidler
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470864265
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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In 1851, a sixteen-year-old girl named Yehonala entered the Imperial Palace of China as a concubine third grade, leaving behind her family, the love of her life, and nearly all contact with the outside world. She emerged as Tsu Hsi, Dowager Empress of China and one of the most powerful autocrats in history. A fascinating tale of love, betrayal, murder, intrigue, and survival, The Last Empress offers remarkable insight into life behind the closed doors of the forbidden city.

Author: R. F. Kuang
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062662619
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 770

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Rin’s story continues in this acclaimed sequel to The Poppy War—an epic fantasy combining the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters. The war is over. The war has just begun. Three times throughout its history, Nikan has fought for its survival in the bloody Poppy Wars. Though the third battle has just ended, shaman and warrior Rin cannot forget the atrocity she committed to save her people. Now she is on the run from her guilt, the opium addiction that holds her like a vice, and the murderous commands of the fiery Phoenix—the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with her fearsome power. Though she does not want to live, she refuses to die until she avenges the traitorous Empress who betrayed Rin’s homeland to its enemies. Her only hope is to join forces with the powerful Dragon Warlord, who plots to conquer Nikan, unseat the Empress, and create a new republic. But neither the Empress nor the Dragon Warlord are what they seem. The more Rin witnesses, the more she fears her love for Nikan will force her to use the Phoenix’s deadly power once more. Because there is nothing Rin won’t sacrifice to save her country . . . and exact her vengeance.

Author: V. R. Cardoso
Publisher: V.R. Cardoso
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 577

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Magic will make you invincible. If it doesn't kill you first. In a world where magic is punishable by death, brothers Aric and Fadan stumble upon a mysterious, ancient book - A Manual of Magic. They are faced with a choice: take the book straight to the Emperor or see if one of them has the forbidden magical Talent. A decision that will change their lives, and the Empire itself, forever. The brothers are swept away, sent to opposite ends of the world, one to train as a Dragon Hunter while the other taps into magical powers that could spell his execution. Dark forces are moving in the shadows, and while the nobility whispers of rebellion, an ancient evil, long thought gone, is about to awaken. Can Aric and Fadan save the Empire? Will they survive to ever see each other again?