Reprint. Originally published: 2004. "A Mariner book." Includes reader's guide.
Summary:
A fictional portrait of the last empress of China follows Orchid, a beautiful teenager from an aristocratic family, who is chosen to become a low-ranking concubine of the emperor and rises to a position of power in the Chinese court.
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