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基本信息·出版社：Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
·页码：370 页
·出版日期：2005年01月
·ISBN：0747576130
·条形码：9780747576136
·版本：第1版
·装帧：平装
·开本：48
·正文语种：英语
·外文书名：兰儿皇后
内容简介 《兰花皇后(英文原版，Express Orchild)》Empress orchid delivers a fictional peek into the intrigues of the Forbidden City...strong on both sexual chicanery and violent conspiracy...a fascinating account'Guardian.Based on the true story of China's last Empress, a charismatic woman from an impoverished aristocratic family, who comes to life in this fascinating novel'Image.
'An engrossing story ... it is enhanced by Min's imaginative power and her skill in enlivening chunks of history with deft strokes of her brush' Glasgow Herald
'Playing on every one of our senses, Anchee Min iUuminates the darkest aspects of the exclusive Forbidden City ... exquisite ... With a dying Emperor who has only one son, opium wars, manipulative concubines, powerful eunuchs, treachery, eroticism and names like Little Cloud and the Hall of Literary Zest.
作者简介 Anchee Min was born in Shanghai in 1957. At seventeen she was sent to a labour collective, where a talent scout for Madame Mao's Shanghai Film Studio recruited her to work as a movie actress. She moved to the United States in 1984. Her memoir, Red Azalea, was an international bestseller with rights sold in twenty countries. Her novels, Becoming Madame Mao, Katherine and Wild Ginger were published to wonderful reviews and impressive foreign sales.
编辑推荐 《兰花皇后(英文原版，Express Orchild)》To rescue her family from poverty and avoid marrying her slope-shouldered cousin, seventeen-year-old Orchid competes to be one of the Emperor's wives. When she is chosen as a lower-ranking concubine she enters the erotically charged and ritualised Forbidden City. But beneath its immaculate facade lie whispers of murders and ghosts, and the thousands of concubines will stoop to any lengths to bear the Emperor's son. Orchid trains herself in the art of pleasuring a man, bribes her way into the royal bed, and seduces the monarch, drawing the attention of dangerous foes. Little does she know that China will collapse around her, and that she will be its last Empress.
文摘 "Every day is a big day. Every day a long metal stick is driven into my skull."
The Grand Empress sighed. Her anger was about to spill over. She breathed deeply to control herself. "You liked Nuharoo, didn't you？" she asked.
"How would I know？" The Son of Heaven rolled his eyes toward the ceiling. "My head is full of holes."
The mother bit her lips.
His Majesty ran his fingers through the remaining bamboo chips, making a loud noise.
"My bones are screaming to have me lay them down." The Grand Empress stretched in her seat. "I have been up since two o'clock this morning, and it is for nothing！"
Shim shuffled up to her on his knees. His arms were up in the air, holding a tray with a wet towel, a powder box, a brush and a green bottle.
The Grand Empress took the towel and wiped her hands and then picked up the brush to touch up her face with the powder. After that she picked up the green bottle and sprayed a mist onto her caked face.
A heavy scent filled the room.
I took the opportunity and raised my eyes. His Majesty was looking at me. He squashed his nose and mouth together as if trying to get me to laugh. I didn't know how to react.
The mocking continued. He seemed to be more interested in getting me to break the rules.
My father's teaching came to my mind: Young people see an opportunity where older people might consider it a danger."
The Son of Heaven smiled at me. I smiled back.
"This summer is going to be nice and breezy." Emperor Hsien Feng played with the chips.
