Shelley Parker-Chan
Author
Series
The radiant emperor duology volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor. But Zhu isn't the only one with imperial ambitions. Her neighbor in the south, the courtesan Madam Zhang, wants the throne for her husband--and she's strong enough to wipe Zhu off the map. To stay in the game, Zhu will have to gamble everything on a risky...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"'I refuse to be nothing...' In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness... In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family's eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness...
Author
Publisher
Umbriel/Ediciones Urano
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
412 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
Español
Description
En 1345, China está gobernada por los rudos mongoles. Para los hambrientos campesinos de las llanuras centrales, la grandeza es algo que solo se encuentra en las historias. Cuando el octavo descendiente de la familia Zhu, Zhu Chongba, recibe su destino de grandeza, todos se muestran desconcertados y sin saber cómo se hará realidad. La nada que recibe para su futuro la lista y competente segunda hija de la familia, por otra parte, no es más que...