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An Imperial Concubine S Tale
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Author : G. G. Rowley
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2013
An Imperial Concubine S Tale written by G. G. Rowley and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Japan in the early seventeenth century was a wild place. Serial killers stalked the streets of Kyoto at night, while noblemen and women mingled freely at the imperial palace, drinking saké and watching kabuki dancing in the presence of the emperor's principal consort. Among these noblewomen was an imperial concubine named Nakanoin Nakako, who in 1609 became embroiled in a sex scandal involving both courtiers and young women in the emperor's service. As punishment, Nakako was banished to an island in the Pacific Ocean, but she never reached her destination. Instead, she was shipwrecked and spent fourteen years in a remote village on the Izu Peninsula before she was finally allowed to return to Kyoto. In 1641, Nakako began a new adventure: she entered a convent and became a Buddhist nun. Recounting the remarkable story of this resilient woman and her war-torn world, G. G. Rowley investigates aristocratic family archives, village storehouses, and the records of imperial convents. She follows the banished concubine as she endures rural exile, receives an unexpected reprieve, and rediscovers herself as the abbess of a nunnery. While unraveling Nakako's unusual tale, Rowley also reveals the little-known lives of samurai women who sacrificed themselves on the fringes of the great battles that brought an end to more than a century of civil war. Written with keen insight and genuine affection, An Imperial Concubine's Tale tells the true story of a woman's extraordinary life in seventeenth-century Japan.
The Legend Of Imperial Concubine Rong
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Author : Yue Tong
language : en
Publisher: Funstory
Release Date : 2019-12-01
The Legend Of Imperial Concubine Rong written by Yue Tong and has been published by Funstory this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-01 with Fiction categories.
She did not have an illustrious family background, nor did she have an impeccable appearance. However, she climbed step by step up to the position of concubine. She had given birth to six children for Emperor Kang Xi, and had once pampered the harem! She had had the simplest of loves, had experienced the most complicated plans of a palace, had wanted to see through the walls of the palace cold and lonely, and had also shocked the imperial harem. She was the only one!
Women Shall Not Rule
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Author : Keith McMahon
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2013-06-06
Women Shall Not Rule written by Keith McMahon and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-06 with History categories.
Chinese emperors guaranteed male successors by taking multiple wives, in some cases hundreds and even thousands. Women Shall Not Rule offers a fascinating history of imperial wives and concubines, especially in light of the greatest challenges to polygamous harmony—rivalry between women and their attempts to engage in politics. Besides ambitious empresses and concubines, these vivid stories of the imperial polygamous family are also populated with prolific emperors, wanton women, libertine men, cunning eunuchs, and bizarre cases of intrigue and scandal among rival wives. Keith McMahon, a leading expert on the history of gender in China, draws upon decades of research to describe the values and ideals of imperial polygamy and the ways in which it worked and did not work in real life. His rich sources are both historical and fictional, including poetic accounts and sensational stories told in pornographic detail. Displaying rare historical breadth, his lively and fascinating study will be invaluable as a comprehensive and authoritative resource for all readers interested in the domestic life of royal palaces across the world.
Imperial Woman
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Author : Pearl S. Buck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-12-06
Imperial Woman written by Pearl S. Buck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-06 with Fiction categories.
The New York Times bestselling account of Tzu Hsi, the concubine who became China's last empress, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Good Earth. Tzu Hsi ascended from concubine rank to become the working head of the Qing Dynasty, and Pearl S. Buck brings her narrative to life in Imperial Woman. Tzu Hsi, a poor girl, falls in love with her cousin Jung Lu, a gorgeous guard, but she is chosen, along with her sister and hundreds of other girls, to be sent to the Forbidden City while still a teenager. She's already distinguished by her beauty, but she's determined to be the emperor's favourite, and she puts all of her talent and guile into it.
Lady Nijo S Own Story
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 1999-10-15
Lady Nijo S Own Story written by and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-10-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Lady Nijo, a lady–in–waiting of the thirteenth–century Japanese Imperial Court, was a small child when the young ex–Emperor Go Fukakusa took her under his protection. She was between twelve and thirteen years old when he made her his mistress, and for more than a decade after that the lovely young girl from one of Japan's most noble families lived at the court as an honored Lady in the ex–Emperor's entourage. As a historical work, the book documents the routine of long-ago court life, with its great emphasis on poetry contests, "football" games, drinking parties, and clothing (at the most tragic moment, Lady Nijo stops to describe what the messenger bringing word of her lover's death is wearing). Lady Nijo's story is much more than a day-to-day record of trivial events. It is the tale of a courageous woman, told with consummate skill. Scholars agree that the newly-discovered diary is one of the masterpieces of the country's literature, a genuine autobiography that not only records the social pastimes of the aristocracy, but also gives a contemporary view of the political and economic movements of the time.
The Ming Storytellers
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Author : Laura Rahme
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-01-01
The Ming Storytellers written by Laura Rahme and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with China categories.
It is the 15th Century. At the dawn of the Ming Dynasty, three women's path will cross. And of their journey, a tale will be born. An imperial concubine, a Persian traveler and a mysterious storyteller. Three women: One story. This is BEIJING. A city seething with mystery and royal intrigue. Once a palace orphan, the wilful Min Li has only ever sought to please, even if that means pleasing Emperor Zhu Di. Now a powerful concubine, Min Li unearths a terrible secret concealed within the walls of Beijing's Imperial city. Driven to despair, she seeks help from her lover, Admiral Zheng He. But this will spark a chain of events that even sets Beijing's palace on fire. Min Li's fate is sealed yet her true enemy is not who she thinks. The Ming Storytellers is a historical tale of 15th century China that sweeps across the palaces of Nanjing and Beijing into the mountainous villages of Yunnan, where a mysterious shaman holds the key to a woman's destiny. Across the oceans, from the bustling bazaars of Southern India to the lush shores of Zanzibar, nothing is what it seems. For the eyes and ears of the Ming Emperor are ever near. ---- A tale of the Far East replete with dark secrets, The Ming Storytellers is set during the early Ming Dynasty, soon after the reconquest of The Middle Kingdom from the Mongols. The Ming Storytellers delves into the political and personal intrigues of the Zhu Imperial family. On the eve of the great Beijing Palace fire and the Ming fleet's sixth expedition, an imperial concubine is swept up by dark forces of obsession and revenge. The Ming Storytellers is a must journey for historical travelers and for those who believe in the bridging between worlds.
Tales About Chinese Emperors
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Author : Baojun Luan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Tales About Chinese Emperors written by Baojun Luan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with China categories.
The Concubine S Daughter
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Author : Pai Kit Fai
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2009-09-29
The Concubine S Daughter written by Pai Kit Fai and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-29 with Fiction categories.
An epic, heart-wrenching story of a mother and daughter's journey to their destiny. Lotus Feet. He would give his daughter the dainty feet of a courtesan. This would enhance her beauty and her price, making her future shine like a new coin. He smiled to himself, pouring fresh tea. And it would stop her from running away... When the young concubine of an old farmer in rural China gives birth to a daughter called Li-Xia, or "Beautiful One," the child seems destined to become a concubine herself. Li refuses to submit to her fate, outwitting her father's orders to bind her feet and escaping the silk farm with an English sea captain. Li takes her first steps toward fulfilling her mother's dreams of becoming a scholar—but her final triumph must be left to her daughter, Su Sing, "Little Star," in a journey that will take her from remote mountain refuges to the perils of Hong Kong on the eve of World War II.
Lady Nij S Own Story
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
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The Fragrant Concubine
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Author : Melissa Addey
language : en
Publisher: Letterpress Publishing
Release Date : 2015-08-06
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China, 1760. The Emperor conquers Altishahr, a Muslim country to the west of his empire and summons a local woman from his new dominion to come to the Forbidden City as his concubine. Meanwhile in the market of Kashgar a girl named Hidligh is kidnapped by Iparhan, a woman scarred by the Emperor's conquest of her homeland and bent on vengeance. Iparhan offers her a deal: Hidligh will become the Emperor's concubine, living a life of luxury. In return she will act as Iparhan's spy. But when Hidligh arrives in the Forbidden City, she enters a frightening new world. Every word she utters may expose her as an imposter. Iparhan is watching from the shadows, waiting to exact her revenge on the Emperor. The Empress is jealous of her new rival. And when Hidligh finally meets the Emperor, she finds herself falling in love... "A passionate story, richly imagined in the spaces of real history. Melissa Addey meticulously evokes a strange, beautiful and harsh society." - Emma Darwin, award-winning author of The Mathematics of Love and A Secret Alchemy. "Melissa Addey has given us a new take on the cherished but controversial legend of 'the Fragrant Concubine, ' one that weaves together the many conflicting versions of the story and plausibly embraces how romance might have blossomed between the brilliant Manchu monarch and his fragrant Muslim consort." - Professor James Millward, author of A Uyghur Muslim in Qianlong's Court: The Meanings of the Fragrant Concubine If you enjoyed Lisa See's Peony in Love, Anchee Min's The Last Empress and Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha then The Fragrant Concubine will be a new favourite. Set in China's Forbidden City in the 18th century, where the women of the court vie for the Emperor's attention and every concubine must fight for her position.