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The King's Mistress: The True and Scandalous Story of the Woman who Stole the Heart of George I. Quercus Publishing. p. 314. ISBN 9781849164115. [7] — (2008). Queen, Empress, Concubine: Fifty Women Rulers from the Queen of Sheba to Catherine the Great. Granta. p. 254. ISBN 9781847245427.
Empress (French: Impératrice) is a French biographical novel written by Shan Sa, a French author who was born in Beijing. It focuses on Empress Wu Zetian, from her upbringing to her rise to power from concubine to the first Empress of China. The novel is told from her point of view (first person POV), and discusses her motivations in her court ...
The cosmology of the books is composed of four "layers": the Underearth, which is the realm of demons; the Flat Earth itself; the Upperearth, which is the realm of the gods; and the Innerearth, the realm of the dead. The Underearth is a place of fantastic, awful, sorcerous beauty and wonder.
Maria's cousin, Vladimir Meshchersky, stole the letters to her from the heir to the throne and handed them over to the Empress, after which a scandal erupted in the Imperial family [3] though they continued to meet. They were helped by Alexandra Zhukovskaya, who delivered notes, settled disagreements, and guarded the peace during walks.
Empress Wu Zetian. Ruyijun zhuan chronicles Wu Zetian 's rise to power while detailing her numerous sexual encounters, [5] especially with the male protagonist Xue Aocao. [4] [18] The title refers to Xue, [19] a thirty-year-old virgin [19] who is conferred the title of "Ruyijun" or "Lord of Perfect Satisfaction" by Empress Wu Zetian.
Legend of Fuyao (Chinese: 扶摇) is a 2018 Chinese television series based on the novel Empress Fuyao (Chinese: 扶摇皇后) by Tianxia Guiyuan. It stars Yang Mi and Ethan Juan. [1] The series aired on Zhejiang TV from June 18 to August 13, 2018. [2] [3]
The original title of the novel, The Circle Reforged, refers to the reforging of the four protagonists' friendship.In the year of the Circle of Magic quartet, Sandry, Tris, Daja and Briar live together and develop a strong friendship that manifests itself magically as a bond that allows them to communicate telepathically and causes their magical abilities to cross over from one to another.
Imperial Woman is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1956.. Imperial Woman is a fictionalized biography of Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu Hsi in Wade–Giles), who was a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor and on his death became the de facto head of the Qing dynasty until her death in 1908 (before which the novel ends).