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1227279The Imperial China Trilogyhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-imperial-china-trilogy/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/595269/5c2698b5-d8b4-4a17-8dab-260a31e26594.jpg?v=638335441879270000445618MXNOpen Road MediaInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>The complete <em>New York Times</em>bestselling trilogy of historical fiction set in China, from an award-winning novelist and Pulitzer Prize finalist in journalism.</strong></p><p>Spanning over three centuries of Chinese history, <em>New York</em> <em>Times</em>bestselling and Edgar Awardwinning author Robert Elegant takes readers from the opulent courts and complex intrigue of the emperors to the bloody battlefields, and vividly recreates a richly detailed world where the quest for power and pleasure drives men and women to extremes of both loyalty and betrayal. In this special single-volume edition, the novels are presented in chronological historical order.</p><p><em>Manchu</em>: In this <em>New York Times</em> bestseller, soldier of fortune Francis Arrowsmith joins a Portuguese expedition to aid the decadent and corrupt Ming dynasty in its fight against the Manchu invaders. He embarks on an epic adventure that will merge his destiny with the fate of China itself.</p><p>Does for seventeenth-century China what James Clavells <em>Shogun</em> did for sixteenth-century Japan. <em>The Christian Science Monitor</em></p><p><em>Mandarin</em>: In nineteenth-century China, imperial rule is crumbling as the Opium Wars and Taiping Rebellion rage. On the streets of Shanghai, a Jewish silk merchant tries to save his Chinese partner from a false accusation and corrupt penal system, while in the imperial palace the Virtuous Concubine Yehenala contrives to bear the opium-eating, syphilitic emperors only son, thus laying the foundation for her elevation to the pinnacle of power in China as the formidable empress dowager.</p><p>Exciting, historically accurate, a good read. <em>The New York Times</em></p><p><em>Dynasty</em>: A <em>New York Times</em> bestseller, this epic of love and adultery, money and power, set amid the revolutionary turbulence of twentieth-century China, from the fall of the last emperor to the rise of Mao Tse-tung, follows the Sekloong dynasty of Hong Kong, a trading empire founded by Sir Jonathan, the illegitimate offspring of an Irish adventurer and his Chinese mistress, in all its triumphs, tragedies, betrayals, and bloodshed.</p><p>An action-packed novel . . . conjured up with perception and vigor. <em>The New York Times Book Review</em></p>...1217289The Imperial China Trilogy445618https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-imperial-china-trilogy/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/595269/5c2698b5-d8b4-4a17-8dab-260a31e26594.jpg?v=638335441879270000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20189781504053747_W3siaWQiOiI0YmJjYjcxNS05OTc5LTQ3NWMtYTlmYS02NzI4MTA5NGRmMjEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjYxOCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjE3Mywic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo0NDUsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTA2LTA1VDIyOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781504053747_<p><strong>The complete <em>New York Times</em>bestselling trilogy of historical fiction set in China, from an award-winning novelist and Pulitzer Prize finalist in journalism.</strong></p><p>Spanning over three centuries of Chinese history, <em>New York</em> <em>Times</em>bestselling and Edgar Awardwinning author Robert Elegant takes readers from the opulent courts and complex intrigue of the emperors to the bloody battlefields, and vividly recreates a richly detailed world where the quest for power and pleasure drives men and women to extremes of both loyalty and betrayal. In this special single-volume edition, the novels are presented in chronological historical order.</p><p><em>Manchu</em>: In this <em>New York Times</em> bestseller, soldier of fortune Francis Arrowsmith joins a Portuguese expedition to aid the decadent and corrupt Ming dynasty in its fight against the Manchu invaders. He embarks on an epic adventure that will merge his destiny with the fate of China itself.</p><p>Does for seventeenth-century China what James Clavells <em>Shogun</em> did for sixteenth-century Japan. <em>The Christian Science Monitor</em></p><p><em>Mandarin</em>: In nineteenth-century China, imperial rule is crumbling as the Opium Wars and Taiping Rebellion rage. On the streets of Shanghai, a Jewish silk merchant tries to save his Chinese partner from a false accusation and corrupt penal system, while in the imperial palace the Virtuous Concubine Yehenala contrives to bear the opium-eating, syphilitic emperors only son, thus laying the foundation for her elevation to the pinnacle of power in China as the formidable empress dowager.</p><p>Exciting, historically accurate, a good read. <em>The New York Times</em></p><p><em>Dynasty</em>: A <em>New York Times</em> bestseller, this epic of love and adultery, money and power, set amid the revolutionary turbulence of twentieth-century China, from the fall of the last emperor to the rise of Mao Tse-tung, follows the Sekloong dynasty of Hong Kong, a trading empire founded by Sir Jonathan, the illegitimate offspring of an Irish adventurer and his Chinese mistress, in all its triumphs, tragedies, betrayals, and bloodshed.</p><p>An action-packed novel . . . conjured up with perception and vigor. <em>The New York Times Book Review</em></p>...9781504053747_Open Road Medialibro_electonico_f6ce19c3-d64e-3466-bff3-88f8a4788baf_9781504053747;9781504053747_9781504053747Robert ElegantInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-741e3619-0a8f-4766-a524-2e244d4706ba.epub2018-05-08T00:00:00+00:00Open Road Media