The Book and The Sword: A Martial Arts Novel - Rilegato

Cha, Louis; May, Rachel; Minford, John; Jin, Yong; Earnshaw, Graham

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0195907272 ISBN 13: 9780195907278

Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 2004

Riassunto

In the Book and Sword, Louis Cha revives the legend about the great eighteenth-century Manchu Emperor Qianlong which claims that he was in fact not a Manchu but a Han Chinese as a result of a "baby swap." The novel is panoramic in scope and includes the fantastical elements for which Cha is well-known: secret societies, kungfu masters, a lost desert city guarded by wolf packs, and the mysterious Fragrant Princess.

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L'autore:

Louis Cha is a modern Chinese-language novelist He is widely regarded as the finest Chinese wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") writer, a reputation based on the fifteen wuxia novels and short stories he authored between 1955 to 1972.

Product Description:

This novel deals with the legend that the great 18th century Manchu Emperor Qianlong was in fact not a Manchu but a Han Chinese descended, as a result of a baby swap, from the Chens of Haining in Southern China.

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• Editore: Oxford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0195907272
• ISBN 13: 9780195907278
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 511