The Palace Of Heavenly Pleasure
Williams Adam
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2003
Edition: Reprint
Description: 702 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. China 1899. A Weakened Dynasty Watches Helplessly As Western Powers Encroach On Its Land.
Publishers Description: In this title, a group of foreigners in the provincial Chinese town of Shishan find the status quo upset when the young middle-class Helen Frances arrives and falls in love with the Hon Henry Manners. But while she tries to resist betraying her solid but dull fiance, the Boxer rebellion threatens them all.
ISBN: 9780340827895
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