Awarded the 1985 Goncourt Prize, this is more a political fable than an historical novel, concerning the rise to power of Ch'in Shih Huang Ti, the Great Emperor of China. Set in the third century BC, it charts the means by which the Emperor unified seven warring provinces into China, uniting an immense population and building the Great Wall. Translated from the French, the author depicts a court world of luxury, decadence and cruelty effectively administering a totalitarian state with laws, bureaucrats, spies and mind ...
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Awarded the 1985 Goncourt Prize, this is more a political fable than an historical novel, concerning the rise to power of Ch'in Shih Huang Ti, the Great Emperor of China. Set in the third century BC, it charts the means by which the Emperor unified seven warring provinces into China, uniting an immense population and building the Great Wall. Translated from the French, the author depicts a court world of luxury, decadence and cruelty effectively administering a totalitarian state with laws, bureaucrats, spies and mind-control all founded on Taoist principles. The Emperor's dreams of ideal order and personal immortality are mirrored in his artificial city of puppets cast in bronze and the armies of clay warriors which he orders to be placed in underground chambers to guard his future tomb.
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Good. A hard covered library withdrawal in the plastic protective covers. The last blank cover page has been ripped out by the library leaving a jagged edge. Some tanning to the page edge. There is light scuff to the covers and the page edge. The book has been stamped at the page edge by the library. This book remains useful.
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