Barbarians

by RobertCarter (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1998

  $22.10

  BEGINNING IN THE SCENTED ROOMS OF THE FORBIDDEN CITY WHERE THE CHINESE EMPEROR'SFIRST CONCUBINE HAS A CHILD, NOT THE EMPEROR'S BUT THAT OF HER SECRET LOVER, MOVING SWIFTLY TO THE BLOODY EXECUTION OF 20 CRIMINALS WITNESSED BY A HORRIFIED ENGLISH DOCTOR NEWLY ARRIVED IN THE ORIENT AND THEN EXPLODIGN OUT ONTO THE HUGE CANVAS OF A CIVIL WAR THAT TORE APART CHINA, BARBARIANS IS FAST-MOVING AND VERY DRAMATIC.

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $36.99

  Beginning in the scented rooms of the Forbidden City where the Chinese Emper- or's First Concubine has a child, not the Emperor's but that of her secret lover, moving swiftly to the bloody execution of twenty criminals witnessed by ahorrified English doctor newly arrived in the Orient and then exploding out ontothe huge canvas of a civil war that tore apart China, BARBARIANS is fast mov- ing and very dramatic.