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Swargkanya (in Maratí)
Nigel Cawthorne
Synopsis "Swargkanya (in Maratí)"
THE ENTRALLING STORY OF THE ONLY WOMAN TO BECOME EMPEROR OF CHINA. IN THIS SENSATIONAL TRUE STORY, BESTSELLING AUTHOR NIGEL CAWTHORNE REVEALS THE DARK AND DRAMATIC STORY OF THE ONLY FEMALE EMPEROR IN CHINESE HISTORY, WU CHAO: CONCUBINE, MANIPULATOR, POLITICIAN, MURDERER AND GOD. AT THE AGE OF 13, WU CHAO WAS MADE CONCUBINE TO THE EMPEROR. SHE SKILLFULLY USED HER BEAUTY, WIT AND POWERS OF MANIPULATION TO SEDUCE HER WEIGHT TO THE THRONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL EMPIRE IN THE MEDIEVAL CHINA. RUTHLESSLY REIGNING FOR 50 YEARS, SHE PROVOKED SCANDAL UPON SCANDAL BY SETTING UP HER OWN IMPERIAL HAREM AND GIVING HER LOVERS POSITION OF POWER. THIS BOOK THROWS OPEN A WINDOW INTO THE COLORFUL WORLD OF T'ANG DYNASTY CHINA AND TO THE WOMAN WHOSE INFAMOUS BEHAVIOR USHERED IN A GOLDEN AGE IN HISTORY.
