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Empress
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Empress Wu, China's only female emperor, rises from a humble clan and position of concubine to brave the intrigues, betrayal, and violence of the court to become the first Empress of China during the great Tang dynasty in seventh-century China.
Adult
- Pages
- 337
- First published
- May 2, 2006
- Language
- English
- Edition
- ISBN
- 9780060817589
Shelved by 2 Litcadians
Reviews
Finished March 26, 2016
Well written, but the author tends to over indulge in details for some of the ceremonies. (I don't really need to know how many of each instruments were being played. Every.Single.Time.)