Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume 2 Tuttle Classics of Asian Literature |
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| Author:
| Kuan-Chung, Lo |
| Introduction by:
| Hegel, Robert E. |
| Translator:
| Brewitt-Taylor, C. H. |
| Series title: | Tuttle Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8048-3468-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2002 |
| Publisher: | Tuttle Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is Lo Kuan-chung's retelling of the events attending the fall of the Han Dynasty in 220 A.D., one of the most tumultuous and fascinating periods in Chinese history. It is an epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this fourteenth-century masterpiece continues to be loved and read throughout China as well as in Japan, Korea, and...
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The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is Lo Kuan-chung's retelling of the events attending the fall of the Han Dynasty in 220 A.D., one of the most tumultuous and fascinating periods in Chinese history. It is an epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death. As important for Chinese culture as the Homeric epics have been for the West, this fourteenth-century masterpiece continues to be loved and read throughout China as well as in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.