Empress of Salt and Fortune, The [electronic resource]
Nghi Vo2020
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With the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period
drama, Nghi Vo's The Empress of Salt and Fortune is a tightly and lushly written
narrative about empire, storytelling, and the anger of women.
A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an
empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and
their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and
sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully.
Rabbit, a handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five
baskets of dye, befriends the emperor's lonely new wife and gets more than she
bargained for.
At once feminist high fantasy and an indictment of monarchy, this evocative
debut follows the rise of the empress In-yo, who has few resources and fewer
friends. She's a northern daughter in a mage-made summer exile, but she will
bend history to her will and bring down her enemies, piece by p...
Main title:
Author:
Nghi Vo, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Tantor Audio, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (66 MB, 02:25:24 H)
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Performers:
Narrator: Cindy Kay
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781705246870
Language:
English
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BRN:
437726
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eAudiobook |