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Empress Orchid

24 Ratings

4.4

Duration
17H 50min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

It is the final days of the Chinese Empire when Orchid, a beautiful seventeen-year-old from an aristocratic, but impoverished family, finds herself unexpectedly chosen to become a lower-ranking concubine of the Emperor. Inside the Forbidden City jealousies and foul play abound, but Orchid is determined to survive. Little does she know that China will collapse around her, and she will be its last Empress...

© 2008 Recorded Books (Audiobook): 9781436102353

Release date

Audiobook: February 11, 2008

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