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Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
27.99 NZD
29.00 (3% off)
Category: Historical Fiction
To rescue her family from poverty and avoid marrying her slope-shouldered cousin, seventeen-year-old Orchid competes to be one of the Emperor's wives. When she is chosen as a lower-ranking concubine she enters the erotically charged and ritualised Forbidden City. But beneath its immaculate facade lie wh ...Show more
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
35.00 NZD
39.95 (12% off)
Category: Fiction
A stunning tale of power, love, politics and a world that is lost foreverIt is the final days of the Chinese Empire. Trade in Opium with Europe is slowly corroding the power of the Ch'ing Dynasty. Orchid, a beautiful seventeen-year-old from an aristocratic, but impoverished family, is pushed into the ma ...Show more
Red Azalea: Life and Love in China by Anchee Min
27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The erotic autobiography of a woman who was a prize pupil and model member of the Red Guard during China's Cultural Revolution. Written with the dialogue and characterizations of a novel, the story traces her life and relationships through the political and cultural upheavals of the era.
The Cooked Seed by Anchee Min
36.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
In 1994, Anchee Min published Red Azalea, a memoir of growing up during the violent trauma of the Cultural Revolution. It became an international bestseller. Twenty years later, Anchee Min returns to give us the next chapter, as she moves from the shocking deprivations of her homeland to the sudden boun ...Show more
The Last Empress by Anchee Min
27.99 NZD
28.99 (3% off)
Category: Historical Fiction
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 ...Show more
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