{"product_id":"9781839993930","title":"The World of Wu Zhao","description":"Author: N. Harry Rothschild\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781839993930\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Anthem Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 11 Feb 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 318 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis annotated translation of Zhang Zhuo's collection of miscellany, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCourt and Country,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e offers a lively, folksy, and novel perspective on the empire of Wu Zhao, China's first and only female emperor, that will amuse and shock readers, prompting them to recalibrate everything they think they know about medieval China. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World of Wu Zhao\u003c\/i\u003e includes separate chapters on a number of different themes and topics: Buddhist and Daoist monks, the female emperor's male favorites (who dressed up in rainbow feathered garments and pranced around her court astride wooden red-capped cranes), cruel officials (bloodthirsty henchmen who took an aesthetic delight in their vocation), as well as sections on flora and fauna, the common folk, artisans and craftsmen, the military, spirits and the supernatural, the borderlands, and local officials.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924945846430,"sku":"ING-9781839993930","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781839993930.jpg?v=1782956033","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781839993930","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}