Empress: A Novel

Empress: A Novel

<p class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Now available with P.S., <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="COLOR: black">Empress</span></i><span style="COLOR: black"> is the hugely popular historical novel of one of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s most controversial historical figures: its first female emperor, Empress Wu, who emerged in the Tang Dynasty and ushered in a golden age. </span>Writing with epic assurance, poetry, and vivid historic detail, Shan Sa, author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Alexander and Alestria</i>, plumbs the psychological and philosophical depths of what it means to be a striving mortal in a tumultuous, power-hungry world.</p>