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THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An absorbing historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor. ‘This audacious, brilliant debut is a vivid, original reimagining . . . immersive storytelling at its...

The Song of Achilles meets Mulan in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan - a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She Who Became the Sun. ‘Transcendent, heart-wrenching’ - Joanne Harris, author...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An absorbing historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor. ‘This audacious, brilliant debut is a vivid, original reimagining . . . immersive storytelling at its...

"Celle qui devint le soleil" réinvente l'ascension vers le pouvoir du premier empereur de la dynastie Ming. Zhu, l'impossible survivante, est prête à tout pour acquérir le mandat du Ciel... "Je refuse de n'être rien." Dans un village rongé par la famine, au coeur d'une plaine poussiéreuse, deux enfants reçoivent chacun une destinée. Le garçon est promis à la grandeur. La fille, au néant... En 1345, la Chine est soumise à la cruelle domination mongole. Pour les paysans faméliques des Plaines du Milieu, la grandeur n'existe que dans les contes.

The Song of Achilles meets Mulan in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan - a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She Who Became the Sun. ‘Transcendent, heart-wrenching’ - Joanne Harris, author...

Die Neuerzählung einer chinesischen Legende: Shelley Parker-Chan zeichnet den Aufstieg Zhu Yuanzhangs nach, jenes armen Bauern, der einst die Mongolenherrschaft stürzte und die Ming-Dynastie gründete. Ein Dorf im staubigen Flachland, geplagt von einer Hungersnot. Ein Seher offenbart zwei Kindern ihre Zukunft: Den Jungen erwartet ein bedeutendes Schicksal, das Mädchen dagegen – nichts. Im Jahr 1345 steht China unter der brutalen Herrschaft der Mongolen. Plünderer ziehen durch das Land und überfallen die armen Bauern. Auch ins Dorf der Kinder kommen sie und machen die beiden zu Waisen.

"Narrator Natalie Naudus is an admirable guide through a complicated plot with multiple points of view...She illuminates the few tender moments amid the overall violence and sets a quick, smooth pace that never lags." —AudioFile The sequel and series conclusion to She Who Became the Sun, the...

Read by fan-favorite narrator Natalie Naudus Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun, a bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy. To possess the Mandate of...

Cina 1345. Un villaggio afflitto dalla carestia in una pianura gialla e polverosa. Due fratelli a cui sono assegnati due destini diversi. Lui è destinato alla grandezza. Lei è destinata a essere niente... Riuscirà la ragazza a sfuggire a ciò che è scritto nelle stelle?