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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Empress of Bright Moon
Weina Dai Randel · 499 pages
At the moment of the Emperor's death, everything changes in the palace. Mei, his former concubine, is free, and Pheasant, the heir and Mei's lover, is proclaimed as the new Emperor, heralding a new era in China. But just when Mei believes she's closer to her dream, Pheasant's chief wife, Lady Wang, powerful and unpredictable, turns against Mei and takes unthinkable measures to stop her. The power
Imperial Woman
Pearl S. Buck · 376 pages
Imperial Woman is the fictionalized biography of the last Empress in China, Ci-xi, who began as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor and on his death became the de facto head of the Qing Dynasty until her death in 1908.Buck recreates the life of one of the most intriguing rulers during a time of intense turbulence.Tzu Hsi was born into one of the lowly ranks of the Imperial dynasty. According to cu
Empress
Shan Sa · 336 pages
Such is the voice of Shan Sa's unforgettable heroine in her latest literary masterpiece, Empress. Empress Wu, one of China's most controversial figures, was its first and only female emperor, who emerged in the seventh century during the great Tang Dynasty and ushered in a golden age. Throughout history, her name has been defamed and her story distorted by those taking vengeance on a woman who dar
The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 1
Nekokurage · 176 pages
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn
Alison Goodman · 576 pages
Sixteen-year-old Eon has a dream, and a mission. For years, he's been studying sword-work and magic, toward one end. He and his master hope that he will be chosen as a Dragoneye-an apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons of good fortune. But Eon has a dangerous secret. He is actually Eona, a sixteen-year-old girl who has been masquerading as a twelve-year-old boy. Females are forbidden t
The Story of Saiunkoku, Vol. 1
Kairi Yura, Sai Yukino
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
Julie C. Dao · 373 pages
Eighteen-year-old Xifeng is beautiful. The stars say she is destined for greatness, that she is meant to be Empress of Feng Lu. But only if she embraces the darkness within her. Growing up as a peasant in a forgotten village on the edge of the map, Xifeng longs to fulfill the destiny promised to her by her cruel aunt, the witch Guma, who has read the cards and seen glimmers of Xifeng's majestic fu
River of Stars
Guy Gavriel Kay · 639 pages
"Ren Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate of Kitai. That moment on a lonely road changed his life-- in entirely unexpected ways, sending him into the forests of Kitai among the outlaws. From there he emerges years later-- and his life changes again, dramatically, as he circles towards the court and emperor, while war approaches Kitai
The Dragon and the Pearl
Jeannie Lin · 325 pages
"Former Emperor's consort Ling Suyin was renowned for her beauty: the ultimate seductress. Now she lives quietly alone - until the most ruthless warlord in the region comes and steals her away. Li Tao lives life by the sword, and is trapped in the treacherous world of politics. The alluring Ling Suyin is at the centre of the web. He must uncover her mystery without falling under her spell - yet he
Secrets of the Tudor Court
D.L. Bogdan, Darcey Bonnette · 336 pages
When young Mary Howard receives the news that she will be leaving her home for the grand court of King Henry VIII, to attend his mistress Anne Boleyn, she is ecstatic. Everything Anne touches seems to turn to gold, and Mary is certain Anne will one day become Queen. Discovering that she is a pawn in a carefully orchestrated plot devised by her father, the duke of Norfolk, Mary dare not disobey him
The Last Great Dance on Earth
Sandra Gulland · 390 pages
*The Last Great Dance on Earth* is the triumphant final volume of Sandra Gulland's beloved trilogy based on the life of Josephine Bonaparte. When the novel opens, Josephine and Napoleon have been married for four tumultuous years. Napoleon is Josephine's great love, and she his. But their passionate union is troubled from within, as Josephine is unable to produce an heir, and from without, as Engl
Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession
Alison Weir
Dark Angels
Karleen Koen · 705 pages
Alice Verney is a young woman intent on achieving her dreams. Having left Restoration England in the midst of a messy scandal, she has been living in Louis XIV's Baroque, mannered France for two years. Now she is returning home to England and anxious to re-establish herself quickly. First, she will regain her former position as a maid of honor to Charles II's queen. Then she will marry the most ce
Hild
Nicola Griffith · 594 pages
You are a prophet and seer with the brightest mind in an age. Your blood is that of the man who should have been king. That's what the king and his lords see. And they will kill you, one day. Britain in the seventh century - and the world is changing. Small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. Edwin, King of Northumbria, plots his rise to overking of all the Angles. Ruthless and unforgi
The Feast of Roses
Indu Sundaresan · 383 pages
Contines the story of the life and times of Mehrunnisa, the wife of Emperor Jahangir of the Mughal Empire during the seventeenth century.
Here be Dragons
Sharon Kay Penman · 720 pages
Watch the Lady
Elizabeth Fremantle · 503 pages
"From "a brilliant new player in the court of royal fiction" (People), comes the mesmerizing story of Lady Penelope Devereux--the daring young beauty in the Tudor court, who inspired Sir Philip Sidney's famous sonnets even while she plotted against Queen Elizabeth. Penelope Devereux arrives at Queen Elizabeth's court where she and her brother, the Earl of Essex, are drawn into the aging Queen's f
Sisi: Empress on Her Own
Allison Pataki · 438 pages
"In imperial Vienna, where the court halls buzzed with waltzes and champagne, as well as temptation, rivals, and cutthroat intrigue, the intensely personal tale of Empress Sisi unraveled. Infamously beautiful, a mother of four, and wife of Emperor Franz Joseph - whom she unintentionally stole away from her sister - Sisi's reign was anything but simple. Against the backdrop of a rich, romantic, and
The Time of Singing
Elizabeth Chadwick · 528 pages
"Roger Bigod is heir to the earldom of Norfolk but all is lost when his father loses everything in a rebellion against King Heny II. Roger encounters Ida de Tosney, the king's mistress who sees Roger as an escape from the fickle court and when King Richard comes to the throne Roger's lands are restored and he becomes a great earl."--Provided by publisher.
The She-Wolf
Maurice Druon · 428 pages
Charles IV is now king of France and his sister is Edward II of England's Queen. Having been imprisoned by Edward as leader of the rebellious English barons, Roger Mortimer escapes to France, where he joins the war against the English Aquitaine. But it is his love affair with Isabella, the 'she-wolf of France', who has come seemingly to negotiate a treaty of peace that seals his fate ...
The Apothecary Diaries 10 (Light Novel)
Natsu Hyuuga · 320 pages