Manchu Palaces

Written by Jeanne Larson

Narrated by Susan Clark

This rich and nuanced portrait of eighteenth-century China follows a Chinese girl' s path to enlightenment. At the midpoint of the Manchus' long sway over the largest empire in China's history, a young girl stands reluctantly on the brink of womanhood. Lotus, the Empress Dowager's servant, decides to follow a spiritual path through the Forbidden City. She travels down routes of erotic fancy in search of a place called Mandala, where life's troubles are left behind.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Phoenix Books, Inc. Audio
• Release date: Jan 1, 1997
• ISBN: 9781614675792