Empress Orchid

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Empress Orchid

By: Anchee Min

Narrated by: Alexandra O'Karma

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It is the final days of the Chinese Empire when Orchid, a beautiful 17-year-old from an aristocratic but impoverished family, finds herself unexpectedly chosen to become a lower-ranking concubine of the emperor. Inside the Forbidden City jealousies and foul play abound, but Orchid is determined to survive. Little does she know that China will collapse around her and that she will be its last empress....

Anchee MinAlexandra O'KarmaW. F. Howes LtdEmpress Orchid

Fiction

Historical Fiction

China

Fiction Historical Fiction China

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Great story but the narrator is terrible such a droning voice and bad breath control you hear constant swallowing and gulping one of the worst I’ve heard

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The narrator has unfortunately set up recording equipment poorly so that the narration is constantly punctuated by swallowing sounds and gross noises.

Good story, poor sound quality.

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