This abridged edition introduces readers to the power and drama of
the electrifying classic Chinese novel. One of the great works of
Chinese literature, beloved in East Asia but virtually unknown in
the West, Kingdoms in Peril is an epic historical novel charting
the five hundred years leading to the unification of China under
the rule of the legendary First Emperor. Writing some fourteen
hundred years after the unification, the Ming-era author Feng
Menglong drew on a vast trove of literary and historical documents
to compose a gripping narrative account of how China came to be
China. Here, translated into English for the first time, Kingdoms
in Peril recounts the triumphs and tragedies of those five hundred
years, through stories taken from the lives of the unforgettable
characters that defined and shaped the ages in which they lived.
This abridged edition distills the novel's distinct style and its
most dramatic episodes into a single volume. Maintaining the spirit
and excitement of the original novel, this edition weaves together
nine of the most pivotal storylines--some extremely famous, others
less well known. Readers will glimpse the intensity of tectonic
events that shaped everyday lives, loves, and struggles, with
powerful women featuring as prominently in the novel as they have
in Chinese history. There are many historical works that provide an
account of some of these events, but none are as thrilling and
breathtakingly memorable as Kingdoms in Peril.
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