The Empress in the Pepper Chamber: Zhao Feiyan in History and Fiction by Olivia Milburn

The Empress in the Pepper Chamber: Zhao Feiyan in History and Fiction

Olivia Milburn

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nonfiction history mysterious tense medium-paced
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Zhao Feiyan (45-1 BCE), the second empress appointed by Emperor Cheng of the Han dynasty (207 BCE-220 CE), was born in slavery and trained in the performing arts, a background that made her appointment as empress highly controversial. Subsequent p...

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