List of Historical Novels - China

China

  • The Chinese Lake Murders and other Judge Dee mysteries by Robert van Gulik (7th century)
  • The Court of the Lion by Eleanor Coony and Daniel Altieri (8th century, Emperor Minghuang and his consort, Grand Verity)
  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong (3rd century)
  • Spirit Mirror (1988) Chia Black Dragon series by Stephen Marley (2nd century)
  • Mortal Mask (1991) Chia Black Dragon series by Stephen Marley (2nd century)
  • Peony by Pearl Buck (19th century, Jewish family in China)
  • Dragon Seed by Pearl Buck (Life of Chinese peasant family during Second Sino-Japanese War)
  • Imperial Woman by Pearl Buck (about Empress Dowager Cixi/Tzu-Hsi)
  • Empress Orchid by Anchee Min (about Empress Dowager Cixi)
  • Shadow Sisters (1993) Chia Black Dragon series by Stephen Marley (7th century)
  • Tai-Pan & Noble House by James Clavell
  • Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard (WWII)
  • The Journeyer by Gary Jennings (Kubilai Khan)
  • Tienkuo: The Heavenly Kingdom by Li Bo (aka Steven Leibo) (19th century Sino-Western Relations and the Taiping Rebellion)
  • Peking: A Novel of Chinas Revolution 1921-1978 by Anthony Grey (Long March & Cultural Revolution)
  • The Story of the Stone by Cao Xueqin (18th century)
  • La mujer en la muralla by Alberto Laiseca (Qin Shi Huang)
  • Empress by Shan Sa (Wu Zetian)
  • El lector de cadáveres by Antonio Garrido (Song Ci)

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