Chinese Historical Fiction

The emperor sought to make his own daughter empress, but this violates the Mandate of Heaven! The empress endured humiliation for eleven years only to be deposed, unthinkable! It's lamentable that countless heroes of the realm were defeated by a frail woman! War is imminent, yet you say I triggered it? How can you be so heartless! The unity and division of the realm, how could it be influenced by a powerless woman like me? Beauty of a Lifetime (Parts I & II) takes you into the complex struggle within the imperial harem.

Set against the backdrop of the fall of Granada, the book follows the lives of three generations of a family whose fates were altered by the event. Through the dramatic changes in the lives of key figures, it attempts to depict the struggles, cries, and choices individuals faced in a rapidly changing era regarding national crisis, the survival of faith, and the continuity of culture.

A heartbreaking story of survival set in World War II Hong Kong, perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies A country at war. A love to last a lifetime. Hong Kong 1941, Fifteen-year-old Kate lives a rarefied life of wealth and privilege in the pre-war Hong Kong expatriate community, but when the...

Januar 2006. Die Polizei von Hudiksvall macht eine schreckliche Entdeckung: 18 Menschen wurden auf grausame Weise getötet, am Tatort findet man ein rotes Seidenband. Unter den Toten sind auch die Adoptiveltern der Mutter von Richterin Birgitta Roslin, und sie beginnt zu recherchieren. Die Spur führt 140 Jahre in die Vergangenheit und bis nach China ...

元末是个战乱的年代，老百姓流离失所，过着衣不蔽体的日子。这时一个放牛郎担起了拯救苍生的大任，他就是后来的明朝开国皇帝朱元璋……元末是個戰亂的年代，老百姓流離失所，過著衣不蔽體的日子。這時一個放牛郎擔起了拯救蒼生的大任，他就是後來的明朝開國皇帝朱元璋……

乾隆年间的浙江亏空大案、嘉庆年间的安徽卖缺受贿、道光年间的捐官弊政，窦氏三代人行走官场，面对皇权专权的清廷政治，在险恶的官场夹缝中，不忘胸怀天下的大志……乾隆年間的浙江虧空大案、嘉慶年間的安徽賣缺受賄、道光年間的捐官弊政，竇氏三代人行走官場，面對皇權專權的清廷政治，在險惡的官場夾縫中，不忘胸懷天下的大志……

康熙王朝名臣辈出，千古传诵。然而宦海风高，沉浮难料。满朝重臣名宦少有善终，陈廷敬却驰骋官场五十多年……康熙王朝名臣輩出，千古傳誦。然而宦海風高，沉浮難料。滿朝重臣名宦少有善終，陳廷敬卻馳騁官場五十多年……

她们拥有绝世美貌；乌发如云，眉山如黛，肤如凝脂，明眸善睐…… 她们拥有绝世才艺；舞姿曼妙天外飞仙、歌喉婉转夜莺百灵，弹奏曲子宛如天籁…… 她們擁有絕世美貌；烏髮如雲，眉山如黛，膚如凝脂，明眸善睞…… 她們擁有絕世才藝；舞姿曼妙天外飛仙，歌喉婉轉夜鶯百靈，彈奏曲子宛如天籟……

Irish Luck, Chinese Medicine is about improbable allies: an Irish single mother and a Chinese physician. Set against the backdrop of the Catholic Church in 19th Century America, it’s the story of how entrepreneurship and strength become a gateway for family survival despite injustice, tragedy, and ill-fated love. Follow the journey of a woman finding her strength as she rescues her sons from child labor and saves her family’s inheritance, only to risk everything for the man she loves.

乱世十八好汉，看孰真孰假？灭隋建唐伟业，谁一统天下？那个时代，是暴君、英雄、枭雄、豪杰、谋士辈出的时代，是中国历史上最崇尚“力”的时代……亂世十八好漢，看孰真孰假？滅隋建唐偉業，誰一統天下？那個時代，是暴君、英雄、梟雄、豪傑、謀士輩出的時代，是中國歷史上最崇尚「力」的時代……

李莲英的一生，不仅是一部中国头号大太监的心酸血泪史和腾达发迹史，更是一部惊心动魄的皇权争斗史……李蓮英的一生，不僅是一部中國頭號大太監的心酸血淚史和騰達發跡史，更是一部驚心動魄的皇權爭鬥史……

《后宫・甄嬛传》中引用了大量经典诗句，从情随伊始，淡看后宫那些如履薄冰的爱情，一切的故事都是那么的深情动人，却亦是那么忧伤摧人泪下……《后宮・甄嬛傳》中引用了大量經典詩句，從情隨伊始，淡看后宮那些如履薄冰的愛情，一切的故事都是那麼的深情動人，卻亦是那麼憂傷摧人淚下……

Every year on the day of the Ghost Festival, creatures from the underworld roam city streets freely when the gate of hell is opened. The owner of the House of Life set out a lavish banquet to entertain and appease these hungry ghosts. This year, however, foul creatures led by a long-dead Manchurian nobleman came down from the Devil's Peak on horseback and stormed the banquet hall. They harassed the guests and wrecked havoc to the festivity, demanding the House of Life to hand over something it has been safe-keeping for centuries.

Anne Tyler meets Jade Chang in this buoyant, good-hearted novel about a blithely optimistic immigrant with big dreams, dire prospects, and a fractured extended family in need of his help—even if they don't know it yet “Ma’s iteration of the young migrant story is imbued with inherent...

古希腊神话记载的特洛伊战争，历时10年，生灵涂炭。这场残酷的特洛伊战争，究竟有着怎样的来龙去脉呢？本有声书通过生动的语言呈现了这次军事远征的奇特故事。…… 古希臘神話記載的特洛伊戰爭，歷時10年，生靈塗炭。這場殘酷的特洛伊戰爭，究竟有著怎樣的來龍去脈呢？本有聲書通過生動的語言呈現了這次軍事遠征的奇特故事。

Chinese Yankee by Ruthanne Lum McCunn tells the true story of Hong Kong born Thomas Sylvanus (Ah Yee Way), an orphan brought to America for schooling in the mid-1850s, but enslaved in Baltimore. Only sixteen at the outbreak of war, Thomas ran north, joined the Freedom Army, and was blinded in the first major campaign. He failed to fully recover his sight and, deemed incapable of performing the duties of a soldier, was discharged.

在饱受磨难之后，王相卿于商业理念层面也达到了一个新的境界，通过师傅老采头的对联而悟“舍得”之道，从而将商号带入真正良性发展的阶段。而他最大的对手孙文举，却因不断膨胀的贪欲，最终落得了倒台的结局…… 在飽受磨難之後，王相卿於商業理念層面也達到了一個新的境界，通過師傅老采頭的對聯而悟「捨得」之道，從而將商號帶入真正良性發展的階段。而他最大的對手孫文舉，卻因不斷膨脹的貪欲，最終落得了倒台的結局……

皇室贵胄的恩怨情仇，武举子造反案，太原血案，看万历十九年宁重生家庭巨变的前后经过……皇室貴冑的恩怨情仇，武舉子造反案，太原血案，看萬曆十九年寧重生家庭巨變的前後經過……

才貌双全的细君公主在出嫁前协助其父以巧计粉碎了奸臣诬陷的阴谋，借用皇帝之手处死了险恶的仇敌……才貌雙全的細君公主在出嫁前協助其父以巧計粉碎了奸臣誣陷的陰謀，借用皇帝之手處死了險惡的仇敵……

李鸿章有着“一直被弹劾，谁也扳不倒”的谋略。一次又一次的政治风暴，李鸿章总能从容地走到最安全的地方，一直被弹劾，谁也扳不倒……李鴻章有著「一直被彈劾，誰也扳不倒」的謀略。 一次又一次的政治風暴，李鴻章總能從容地走到最安全的地方，一直被彈劾，誰也扳不倒……