Empress Orchid - Min, Anchee

Empress Orchid by Min, Anchee

Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004

From Anchee Min, a master of the historical novel, Empress Orchid sweeps readers into the heart of the Forbidden City to tell the fascinating story of a young concubine who becomes China’s last empress. Min introduces the beautiful Tzu Hsi, known as Orchid, and weaves an epic of the country girl who seized power through seduction, murder, and endless intrigue. When China is threatened by enemies, she alone seems capable of holding the country together.