Chinese Historical Fiction

San Kuo: Or Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong, set during the turbulent final years of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period (circa 184–280 AD). Widely regarded as one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, it combines history, legend, and myth to depict the power struggles and heroic exploits of the era.

‘Bound to be an immediate classic’ – HANNAH KANER ‘Will tear out your heart and heal it in the same breath’ – ELIZA CHAN ‘Richly imagined and transportive’ – OLIVIE BLAKE ‘A haunting story of loneliness, love and loss’ – GARETH BROWN ** A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK ** A...

The emperor sought to make his own daughter empress, but this violates the Mandate of Heaven! The empress endured humiliation for eleven years only to be deposed, unthinkable! It's lamentable that countless heroes of the realm were defeated by a frail woman! War is imminent, yet you say I triggered it? How can you be so heartless! The unity and division of the realm, how could it be influenced by a powerless woman like me? Beauty of a Lifetime (Parts I & II) takes you into the complex struggle within the imperial harem.

Shanghai, 1912. Violet Minturn is the privileged daughter of the American madam of the city's most exclusive courtesan house. But when the Ching dynasty is overturned, Violet is separated from her mother in a cruel act of chicanery and forced to become a "virgin courtesan." Half-Chinese and half-American, Violet grapples with her place in the worlds of East and West - until she is able to merge her two halves, empowering her to become a shrewd courtesan who excels in the business of seduction and illusion, though she still struggles to understand who she is.

Two mysteries set in seventh-century China featuring Judge Dee, "a great detective in the noblest tradition . . . perceptive [and] ever fascinating."—The New York Times The Monkey and The Tiger includes two detective stories, "The Morning of the Monkey" and "The Night of the Tiger," based on a...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An absorbing historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor. ‘This audacious, brilliant debut is a vivid, original reimagining . . . immersive storytelling at its...

The Song of Achilles meets Mulan in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan - a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She Who Became the Sun. ‘Transcendent, heart-wrenching’ - Joanne Harris, author...

On a December morning in 1982, the courtyard of a Beijing siheyuan - a lively quadrangle of homes - begins to stir. Auntie Xue’s son Jiyue is getting married today, and she is determined to make the day a triumph. Despite Jiyue’s woeful ignorance in matters of the heart - and the body. Despite a chef in training tasked with the onerous responsibility of preparing the banquet.

'The unparallelled master of the historical saga returns, this time, with an eye on China. Beginning with the First Opium War in 1839 and continuing through the present day, Rutherfurd tells a sweeping tale that brings to life a nation's history, traditions and the people who lived through it as...

经过三千屯丁试垦，古城子比屋环居，人们安土乐业，大有井田遗风。尤其是京旗屯田，更为满洲故里带来了勃勃的生机。然而，由于朝廷首鼠两端，京旗子弟忌惮稼穑之苦，轰轰烈烈的古城子屯田就要就此终结吗？…… 經過三千屯丁試墾，古城子比屋環居，人們安土樂業，大有井田遺風。尤其是京旗屯田，更為滿洲故里帶來了勃勃的生機。然而，由於朝廷首鼠兩端，京旗子弟忌憚稼穡之苦，轟轟烈烈的古城子屯田就要就此終結嗎？

传世诗词中，那些女子或英姿飒爽，或绝色倾城，或妩媚蛊惑，或灵心慧质，她们如一幅幅绝美的画卷，令人沉醉怀想……在傳世詩詞中，那些女子或英姿颯爽，或絕色傾城，或嫵媚蠱惑，或靈心慧質，她們如一幅幅絕美的畫卷，令人沉醉懷想……

In 1978, as the Cultural Revolution fades into history, Lei is bartered away into marriage for two cartons of cigarettes and a handful of eggs. She finds herself in the unfamiliar village of her new husband where she is met with indifference. When a disaster upends their world, Lei and her husband are forced to join China’s vast wave of city-bound, rural migrants, leaving behind children whom they may never see again.

到底是谁把大唐王朝掀了个底朝天？权臣、奸佞、悍将、谋士、伶人，泱泱大唐惹了谁？……到底是誰把大唐王朝掀了個底朝天？權臣、奸佞、悍將、謀士、伶人，泱泱大唐惹了誰？

乱世十八好汉，看孰真孰假？灭隋建唐伟业，谁一统天下？那个时代，是暴君、英雄、枭雄、豪杰、谋士辈出的时代，是中国历史上最崇尚“力”的时代……亂世十八好漢，看孰真孰假？滅隋建唐偉業，誰一統天下？那個時代，是暴君、英雄、梟雄、豪傑、謀士輩出的時代，是中國歷史上最崇尚「力」的時代……

李鸿章有着“一直被弹劾，谁也扳不倒”的谋略。一次又一次的政治风暴，李鸿章总能从容地走到最安全的地方，一直被弹劾，谁也扳不倒……李鴻章有著「一直被彈劾，誰也扳不倒」的謀略。 一次又一次的政治風暴，李鴻章總能從容地走到最安全的地方，一直被彈劾，誰也扳不倒……

名臣晏殊因忤逆刘太后被贬为应天知府后，在南京举办了一场盛大宴会。觥筹交错之际，离奇血案发生，更牵扯出一系列的怪案。南京留守之子包拯不畏艰险，一心要查明真相。世情错综交织，公道自在人心…… 名臣晏殊因忤逆劉太后被貶為應天知府後，在南京舉辦了一場盛大宴會。觥籌交錯之際，離奇血案發生，更牽扯出一系列的怪案。南京留守之子包拯不畏艱險，一心要查明真相。世情錯綜交織，公道自在人心……

字字珠玑的故事、始料未及的真相、彻骨入髓的爱杀，这是一部从古言套路中挣脱出来的真情之作！一念情痴金匣起，死生契阔心相照…… 字字珠璣的故事、始料未及的真相、徹骨入髓的愛殺，這是一部從古言套路中掙脫出來的真情之作！一念情癡金匣起，死生契闊心相照……

久远绵长的古丝绸之路留下了多少神异美幻的故事，沉淀了多少爱恨情仇，又埋葬了多少真假往事……久遠綿長的古絲綢之路留下了多少神異美幻的故事，沉澱了多少愛恨情仇，又埋葬了多少真假往事……

以《红楼梦》作者曹氏家族祖孙四代人的经历为纬，以这一家族之效劳与卖命的江宁织造为经，展现曹氏一家由盛而衰、由受宠爱到被凌辱的命运……以《紅樓夢》作者曹氏家族祖孫四代人的經歷為緯，以這一家族之效勞與賣命的江寧織造為經，展現曹氏一家由盛而衰、由受寵愛到被凌辱的命運……

身怀绝技的武将元震为报家仇，血刃数名日军后逃至天津。为实现保家卫国的抱负，元震当了警察……身懷絕技的武將元震為報家仇，血刃數名日軍後逃至天津。為實現保家衛國的抱負，元震當了警察……