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She Who Became the Sun
Publisher:
PAN MACMILLAN INDIA
| Author:
Shelley Parker-Chan
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
PAN MACMILLAN INDIA
Author:
Shelley Parker-Chan
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
₹599 ₹449
Save: 25%
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Weight | 202 g |
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ISBN:
SKU
9781529043402
Category General Fiction
Category: General Fiction
Page Extent:
416
The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller. An immersive historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan is a queer retelling of one legendary Chinese ruler’s rise to power. In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two children their fates. For a family’s eighth-born son, there’s greatness. For the second daughter, nothing. In 1345, China lies restless under harsh Mongol rule. And when a bandit raid wipes out their home, the two children must somehow survive. Zhu Chongba despairs and gives in. But the girl resolves to overcome her destiny. So she takes her dead brother’s identity and begins her journey. Can Zhu escape what’s written in the stars, as rebellion sweeps the land? Or can she claim her brother’s greatness: and rise, ruthlessly, to take the dragon throne? This is a glorious tale of love, loss, betrayal and triumph by a powerful new voice. She Who Became the Sun is a reimagining of the rise to power of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu was the peasant rebel who expelled the Mongols, unified China under native rule, and became the founding Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. ‘Epic, tragic and gorgeous’: Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January ‘Magnificent in every way. War, desire, vengeance, politics: Shelley Parker-Chan has perfectly measured each ingredient’: Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
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The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller. An immersive historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan is a queer retelling of one legendary Chinese ruler’s rise to power. In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two children their fates. For a family’s eighth-born son, there’s greatness. For the second daughter, nothing. In 1345, China lies restless under harsh Mongol rule. And when a bandit raid wipes out their home, the two children must somehow survive. Zhu Chongba despairs and gives in. But the girl resolves to overcome her destiny. So she takes her dead brother’s identity and begins her journey. Can Zhu escape what’s written in the stars, as rebellion sweeps the land? Or can she claim her brother’s greatness: and rise, ruthlessly, to take the dragon throne? This is a glorious tale of love, loss, betrayal and triumph by a powerful new voice. She Who Became the Sun is a reimagining of the rise to power of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu was the peasant rebel who expelled the Mongols, unified China under native rule, and became the founding Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. ‘Epic, tragic and gorgeous’: Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January ‘Magnificent in every way. War, desire, vengeance, politics: Shelley Parker-Chan has perfectly measured each ingredient’: Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
About Author
Shelley Parker-Chan is an Australian by way of Malaysia and New Zealand. A 217 Tiptree Fellow, she is the author of the historical fantasy novel She Who Became the Sun. Parker-Chan spent nearly a decade working as a diplomat and international development adviser in South-East Asia, where she became addicted to epic East Asian historical TV dramas. After a failed search to find English-language book versions of these stories, she decided to write her own. Parker-Chan currently lives in Melbourne, Australia, where she is very grateful to never have to travel by leaky boat ever again.
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