ASIN: B008OWMDAQ
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 616
It is the 15th Century. At the dawn of the Ming Dynasty, three women's paths 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 but 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 ...
