title: Empress: A Novel
author: Shan Sa
description: From the internationally best-selling author of <i>The Girl Who Played Go </i>(2003) comes another brilliant historical novel set in China. Reaching back in time to the seventh century, Shan re-creates a China ruled by the powerful Tang dynasty. Chosen to become one of the emperor's royal concubines, a young girl known as Heavenlight is thrust into the exotic world of the Forbidden City, where she must learn to navigate politics, court intrigue, and petty jealousies. One among 10,000 girls and women, she eventually distinguishes herself from the others by relying on her intelligence, wit, and fierce determination. Chosen by the heir to the throne to be his first wife, she ascends to the throne after her husband's death, becoming the first empress of China. Based on the controversial reign of Empress Wu, this fictional biography illuminates the life and times of one of the ancient world's most powerful, capable, and overlooked women. <i>Brad Hooper</i><br><i>Copyright &#169; American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
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  Copyright ©2020 by Empress Chang
  
  
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  ISBN (eBook): 978-1-7350300-1-2
  
  
  ISBN (Paperback): 978-1-7350300-0-5
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events
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  Formatting: Empress Chang
  
  
  Editor: Destiny Henry, Alexandria Literary
  
  
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