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About this book
New York Times Bestseller: An epic of love and adultery, money and power, set amid the revolutionary turbulence of twentieth-century China, from the author of
Manchu and
Mandarin.
Founder of the Sekloong dynasty of Hong Kong, Sir Jonathan, the illegitimate offspring of an Irish adventurer and his Chinese mistress, overcame colonial prejudice to build a vast and influential trading empire spanning half a century. The marriage of Sir Jonathan's profligate son Charles to the ambitious and beautiful Mary Osgood comes to embody, on both personal and political levels, the tensions between Orient and Occident, and between Nationalists and Communists fighting for control of postimperial China.
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Dynasty follows the Sekloongs' triumphs, tragedies, betrayals, and bloodshed through the decades as they expand and protect their own empire, even as their homeland is torn apart from within by war and ideological upheaval, from the fall of the last emperor to the triumph of Mao Tse-tung. As China turbulently enters the modern world, the Sekloongs also grow in stature and strengthāas do their desires and wayward passions.
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Fluent in Mandarin, author Robert Elegant spent many years in Hong Kong as a journalist and commentator, and has authored many acclaimed books on China. His stirring drama combines vivid writing with a deep understanding of Chinese culture, creating "an action-packed novel .Ā .Ā . conjured up with perception and vigor" ( The New York Times Book Review).
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Founder of the Sekloong dynasty of Hong Kong, Sir Jonathan, the illegitimate offspring of an Irish adventurer and his Chinese mistress, overcame colonial prejudice to build a vast and influential trading empire spanning half a century. The marriage of Sir Jonathan's profligate son Charles to the ambitious and beautiful Mary Osgood comes to embody, on both personal and political levels, the tensions between Orient and Occident, and between Nationalists and Communists fighting for control of postimperial China.
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Dynasty follows the Sekloongs' triumphs, tragedies, betrayals, and bloodshed through the decades as they expand and protect their own empire, even as their homeland is torn apart from within by war and ideological upheaval, from the fall of the last emperor to the triumph of Mao Tse-tung. As China turbulently enters the modern world, the Sekloongs also grow in stature and strengthāas do their desires and wayward passions.
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Fluent in Mandarin, author Robert Elegant spent many years in Hong Kong as a journalist and commentator, and has authored many acclaimed books on China. His stirring drama combines vivid writing with a deep understanding of Chinese culture, creating "an action-packed novel .Ā .Ā . conjured up with perception and vigor" ( The New York Times Book Review).
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prelude: June 27, 1970
- Part I Mary: May 28, 1900āDecember 26, 1900
- Interlude: June 27, 1970
- Part II Mary and Charles: February 4, 1905āNovember 16, 1906
- Part III Mary and Harry: November 13, 1908āSeptember 11, 1909
- Part IV Mary and Jonathan: December 6, 1911āJune 18, 1916
- Part V Thomas and James: March 2, 1924āDecember 15, 1927
- Part VI James and Harry: July 7, 1937āDecember 9, 1944
- Interlude: June 27, 1970
- Part VII The Sekloongs and the Lao Pai-Hsing: November 28, 1950āFebruary 22, 1959
- Part VIII Albert and the Red Guards: October 24, 1965āSeptember 26, 1967
- Postlude: June 28, 1970
- About the Author
- Copyright Page
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