{"product_id":"manchu-palaces-9781440137150","title":"Manchu Palaces","description":"\" A rich and nuanced portrait of eighteenth-century China...a magical book.\"\u003cbr\u003e Delia Sherman\u003cp\u003e \"Gently intriguing, brilliantly detailed...Lotus's singular story of enlightenment, involving a statue of the goddess Tara and the secret of a mandala, is the radiant center of these diversions.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A luminous, self-contained, fluid world in which history, legend, and religious quest create a portrait of an age- the glittering high noon of the Manchu Empire...An exemplary novelist again makes history a playful parade of personalities, period details, and ordinary people conscripted by the times.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Both educational and thoroughly enjoyable.\" \u003cbr\u003e Nancy Pearl, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeanne Larsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440137150\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44715343708275,"sku":"9781440137150","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_354c74db-b142-48a6-9cfa-a50e99c3f189.jpg?v=1775842299","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/manchu-palaces-9781440137150","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}