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This abridged edition introduces readers to the power and drama of this 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 Writing some fourteen hundred years later, the Ming-era author Feng Menglong drew on a vast trove of literary and historical documents to compose a gripping narrative account of how China came to be China.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 age 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.

Historical novel --- China --- History

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The author takes the opportunity of the celebrations in honor of Annamaria Pagliaro to return to the works of Andrea Camilleri, confirming some perplexities already expressed in an article from 1998, especially regarding his detective novels. On other aspects of Camilleri’s works, however, the author’s opinions have changed. In this new critical work, the author took into account the works subsequently published by Camilleri, especially the narrative masterpiece Il re di Girgenti, but also his public role and the relationship he was able to establish with his faithful readers.

Literature & literary studies --- Author-reader Relationship --- Camilleri --- Detective Novel --- Historical Novel --- Public Role of the Writer

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Véritable Prince de la Renaissance, Elisabeth Tudor avait l'intelligence, la culture et la clairvoyance des grands esprits. Au faîte de sa gloire, Elisabeth I était sous l'emprise de secrets intimes. Entre l'exécution de Marie Stuart et la victoire sur l'Armada espagnole, Shakespeare, les conseillers de la reine et les favoris démêlent les mystères de l'amour dominés par la raison d'État. Ce voyage dans les souvenirs d'une reine toute-puissante éclaire d'un regard neuf les dérobades amoureuses d'une femme qui sut braver son époque par un comportement d'une modernité déconcertante.

Elizabeth --- 843 --- Literature French fiction --- Historical Novel --- Historical Novel. --- Elizabeth - I, - Queen of England, - 1533-1603 - Fiction --- Elisabeth i, reine d'angleterre, 1533-1603 --- Elizabeth - I, - Queen of England, - 1533-1603

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the life of Sabetay Sevi --- 17th century --- Hebrew mystic --- Jesus --- Balkana --- the Holy Land --- messianism --- the Ottoman authorities --- the land of the Jews --- historical novel