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The Book and the Sword (The Martial Arts Novels of Louis Cha)

Author Louis Cha, Graham Earnshaw, Rachel May, John Minford
Publisher Oxford University Press
Category Literary Collections
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Author(s)Louis Cha, Graham Earnshaw, Rachel May, John Minford
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN / ASIN0195907272
ISBN-139780195907278
Sales Rank289,966
CategoryLiterary Collections
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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In the Book and Sword, Louis Cha revives the legend about the great eighteenth-century Manchu Emperor Qianlong which claims that he was in fact not a Manchu but a Han Chinese as a result of a "baby swap." The novel is panoramic in scope and includes the fantastical elements for which Cha is well-known: secret societies, kungfu masters, a lost desert city guarded by wolf packs, and the mysterious Fragrant Princess.

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