Book Details
Format
Audiobook
Length
0h 18m
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 2004
Publisher
Recorded Books
ISBN-10
1402574975
ISBN-13
9781402574979
Description
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.
Genres
Science Fiction
Young Adult
History
Art & Photography