The "unparalleled master of the historical saga" (Newsweek)
and internationally bestselling author of Paris and New York
takes on an exhilarating new world with his trademark epic style in
China: The Novel
In China: The Novel, Edward Rutherfurd brings his renowned talents to
the Middle Kingdom, when the clash of East and West in the nineteenth
century shattered the stability of the two-thousand-year-old empire.
This epic tale chronicles the great struggle for power, from the Opium
Wars that erupted in 1839 through the Taiping revolt, the British
burning of the Summer Palace, the Boxer Rebellion, and the long rule of
the Dragon Empress, culminating in the momentous revolution of 1911. We
meet a young village wife struggling with rigid traditions, Manchu
warriors, powerful eunuchs and concubines of the Forbidden City,
rapacious English soldiers and earnest missionaries, savvy Chinese
pirates, and sage philosophers. Rutherfurd brings to vivid life the
ever-changing fortunes of Chinese, British, and American families as
they negotiate the tides of history. A rich human drama as well as a
deeply researched portrait that sets the stage for China's role in the
world today, China: The Novel is the enthralling story of a rising
global power.
