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Seventeen-year-old Orchid belongs to an aristocratic family that has fallen on hard times. Unexpectedly, she is chosen as one of the emperor's lesser concubines. Within the Forbidden City are thousands of women hoping to bear the emperor a son and become his empress. Orchid, determined and r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Min, Anchee, 1957-
Corporate Author: Recorded Books, Inc
Other Authors: O'Karma, Alexandra
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:English
Published: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2004]
Subjects:
Cixi, > Empress dowager of China, > 1835-1908 > Fiction.
China > History > Guangxu, 1875-1908 > Fiction.
Empresses > Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Audiobooks.
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Summary:Seventeen-year-old Orchid belongs to an aristocratic family that has fallen on hard times. Unexpectedly, she is chosen as one of the emperor's lesser concubines. Within the Forbidden City are thousands of women hoping to bear the emperor a son and become his empress. Orchid, determined and resourceful, schemes her way into the royal bed and seduces the emperor. But as the opium trade erodes the might of the Ch'ing dynasty, Orchid find herself at the center of a crumbling nation.
Item Description:Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Sound recording.
Physical Description:15 sound discs (18 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:1402574975