The Story of the Purple Lady
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- Synopsis
- Japan, Heian period, turn of X-XI centuries. Young Murasaki Shikibu (who shall further become a famous novelist and poet, author of the famous ‘The Tale of Genji’) comes of age and immediately after that arrives to the court of the Emperor Ichijō... She gets caught up in the whirling of palace intrigues, comes to know love, bitterness of loss and disappointment. In the end, Murasaki becomes the maid of honor of the Jade Lady, the second wife of the emperor.Japan, Heian period, turn of X-XI centuries. Young Murasaki Shikibu (who shall further become a famous novelist and poet, author of the famous ‘The Tale of Genji’) comes of age and immediately after that arrives to the court of the Emperor Ichijō... She gets caught up in the whirling of palace intrigues, comes to know love, bitterness of loss and disappointment. In the end, Murasaki becomes the maid of honor of the Jade Lady, the second wife of the emperor.
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781547575770
- Publisher:
- Babelcube Inc.
- Date of Addition:
- 01/07/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Olga Kryuchkova
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Romance, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Translator:
- Nathalie Saghiyan