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天堂宮殿

【作　者】：Adam Williams 著

【又/譯名】：Palace of Heavenly Pleasure

【叢編項】：無

【裝幀項】：平裝大32開 / 704

【出版項】：無 / 2004-4-1

【ISBN號】：9780340827871 / 0340827874

【原書定價】：￥55.00　有1家書店打折銷售　

【主題詞】：進口原版書－小說 Fiction

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【圖書簡介】
　　Lavish in the manner of James Clavell and Leon Uris， this capacious and compelling saga centers on the Boxer Rebellion， a peasant uprising against the foreign colonization of China in 1900. More specifically， it follows the sensuously detailed love affair between Henry Manners， a Victorian secret agent， and Helen Frances Delamere， a convent-educated daughter of a local British soap merchant in the invented northern Chinese city of Shishan. The rest of the massive cast is headed by Dr. Edward Airton， a Scottish physician， who runs a hospital and mission in the city. Airton has become a philosophical sparring partner to the Mandarin， a local magistrate who holds absolute power. Airton's family and friends round out the foreign presence， and a host of Chinese characters bridge the cultural gap. The villains of the piece， apart from the bloodthirsty Boxers， are Mother Liu， madam of the exclusive brothel that gives the volume its title， and her sadistic son， Ren Ren. As the rebellion develops from dubious rumor to frightening fact， the Westerners in Shishan are forced to place themselves in Manners's intrepid but amoral hands. Williams's mastery of language and plotting keeps contrivance and coincidence at bay， although he crosses the line into melodrama from time to time. In all， this is a first-rate story， peopled by passionate， believable characters and rich in historical and political detail.　Copyright © Reed Business Information， a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ：This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

【作者簡介】
　　Adam Williams， whose family has lived in China since the late nineteenth century， was born and raised in Hong Kong. For the last eighteen years he has been representative in Beijing of a Far East trading conglomerate. In x999 he received an OBE for services to Sino-British trade. Adam is married to Fumei and has two children.

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