The Last EmpressThe last decades of the nineteenth century were a violent period in Chinas history marked by humiliating foreign incursions and domestic rebellion, ultimately ending in the demise of the Ching dynasty. The only constant during this tumultuous time was the power wielded by one person, the resilient, ever resourceful Tzu Hsi, Lady Yehonala or Empress Orchid, as readers came to know her in Anchee Mins critically acclaimed novel covering the first part of

from the foothills of Cape Town

a former Marine sniper and a newly orphaned boy race across the Norwegian wilderness

and even old-fashioned family dinners

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read by Bing Crosby

They’re sure they have nothing in common

Long talks over the telephone have been supplanted by the \"belfie

“Writing in a fervently literary style that flirts openly with the traditions of Salinger

How can she move on from her ex - and from her past

Winner of the Daily Mail First Novel Competition

she now hides in plain sight as queen of London’s

and if they can't stop it