Empress (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780449907498)

"McCune has recreated the splendor and intrigue of the imperial court in the Tang dynasty...giving us entertaining and informative access to a brilliant time and a complex woman."
JEFFREY RIEGEL
Chair, Department of East Asian Languages
University of California, Berkeley
Sweeping through exotic, turbulent seventh-century China, EMPRESS is the captivating epic of one extraordinary woman who would become the only female emperor in all of China's history. The story of Wu Jao, set against the backdrop of medieval China, reveals not only an age of horrifying barbarism, daring treachery, and precarious power, but also an eternal culture of sophistication and enlightenment.

Author: Evelyn McCune
ISBN-10: 044990749X
ISBN-13: 9780449907498
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 07/19/1994
Pages: 502
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 7.94h x 6.22w x 1.29d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/04/1994 pg. 57
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/1994 pg. 725