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Shelley Parker-Chan
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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. Quand la famille Zhu apprend que Chongba, leur huitième fils, est promis à un fabuleux destin, tous peinent à imaginer comment s'accomplira ce miracle. En revanche, nul ne s'étonne que la deuxième fille des Zhu, fine et débrouillarde, soit promise... au néant.
Mais lorsqu'une attaque de hors-la-loi les laisse orphelins, c'est le fils qui se laisse mourir de chagrin. Prête à tout pour échapper à sa fin annoncée, la jeune fille endosse l'identité de son frère afin de devenir novice dans un monastère. Là, poussée par un impérieux désir de survivre, Zhu apprend qu'elle est capable de tout - même du pire - pour déjouer sa destinée.
Lorsque son sanctuaire est détruit pour avoir soutenu la rébellion contre les Mongols, Zhu saisit cette chance de s'emparer d'un tout autre avenir : la grandeur abandonnée de son frère... -
SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN - THE RADIANT EMPEROR
Shelley Parker-Chan
- Pan books
- 9 Juin 2022
- 9781529043402
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 finest '' - Daily Mail ''Magnificent in every way. War, desire, vengeance, politics - Shelley Parker-Chan has perfectly measured each ingredient'' - Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree ''A thoroughly engrossing read with a fabulous, tragic-trickster protagonist'' - Megan Campisi, author of Sin Eater ''A dazzling new world of fate, war, love and betrayal'' - Zen Cho, author of Black Water Sister In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two children their fates. For a family''s eighth-born son, there''s greatness. For the second daughter, nothing. In 1345, China lies restless under harsh Mongol rule. And when a bandit raid wipes out their home, the two children must somehow survive. Zhu Chongba despairs and gives in. But the girl resolves to overcome her destiny. So she takes her dead brother''s identity and begins her journey. Can Zhu escape what''s written in the stars, as rebellion sweeps the land? Or can she claim her brother''s greatness - and rise as high as she can dream? This is a glorious tale of love, loss, betrayal and triumph by a powerful new voice. ''As brilliant as Circe . . . a deft and dazzling triumph'' - Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne '' Epic, tragic and gorgeous '' - Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January She Who Became the Sun is a reimagining of the rise to power of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu was the peasant rebel who expelled the Mongols, unified China under native rule, and became the founding Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
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HE WHO DROWNED THE WORLD - THE RADIANT EMPEROR
Shelley Parker-Chan
- Macmillan
- 2 Juin 2023
- 9781529043440
Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high on her recent victory that tore southern China from its Mongol rulers. Young, ambitious, and in possession of the Mandate of Heaven, Zhu believes utterly in her own capacity to do anything - endure anything - that will allow her to seize the imperial throne from the Mongols and crown herself Emperor.
But Zhu isn''t the only one with imperial ambitions. Her neighbor, the former courtesan Madam Zhang, wants the throne for her husband - and her powerful kingdom has the strength and resources to wipe Zhu off the map. The only way for Zhu to defeat Madam Zhang is to gamble everything on a risky alliance with an old enemy: the beautiful, traitorous eunuch general Ouyang.
Nearly mad with the grief and guilt of having killed his beloved Prince of Henan, Ouyang is alive for only one reason: to enact revenge on his father''s killer, the Great Khan. His instability soon threatens his partnership with Zhu, who has never felt grief in her life. Zhu can''t even imagine what kind of sacrifice could ever cause her to feel it. But all desire costs, and while Zhu has already paid with her body - the true price of her ambition will break even her ruthless heart.
