Elegant robert fine binding (1 Ergebnisse)
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Verlag: London: Collins First edition, 1977
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, Vereinigtes KönigreichGeoffrey Jackson
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., 668 pages, marbled endpapers, all edges blocked in gilt, fine contemporary blue half-calf binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London, with their neat name stamp to verso of front marbled endpaper, gilt decorated spine in compartments with raised bands, some slight spots of discolou…r to blue cloth otherwise a fine clean copy in a very good quality binding. An epic of love and adultery, money and power, set amid the revolutionary turbulence of twentieth-century China, from the author of Manchu and Mandarin. Founder of the Sekloong dynasty of Hong Kong, Sir Jonathan, the illegitimate offspring of an Irish adventurer and his Chinese mistress, overcame colonial prejudice to build a vast and influential trading empire spanning half a century. The marriage of Sir Jonathan's profligate son Charles to the ambitious and beautiful Mary Osgood comes to embody, on both personal and political levels, the tensions between Orient and Occident, and between Nationalists and Communists fighting for control of postimperial China. Dynasty follows the Sekloongs' triumphs, tragedies, betrayals, and bloodshed through the decades as they expand and protect their own empire, even as their homeland is torn apart from within by war and ideological upheaval, from the fall of the last emperor to the triumph of Mao Tse-tung. As China turbulently enters the modern world, the Sekloongs also grow in stature and strength as do their desires and wayward passions. Fluent in Mandarin, author Robert Elegant spent many years in Hong Kong as a journalist and commentator, and has authored many acclaimed books on China. His stirring drama combines vivid writing with a deep understanding of Chinese culture, creating "an action-packed novel. conjured up with perception and vigour" ( The New York Times Book Review ).Read less.
