- José Frèches
José Frèches, born in
25 June 1950 is a Frenchhistorical novel ist with novels set inChina .Life
His first trilogy "The Jade Disk" is a story, set during the
Warring States Period in disunited China. It tells the story from the character of the rich merchant and eventual prime-ministerLü Buwei - real father of the first emperor of ChinaQin Shi Huang . It portrays the struggles between the other kingdoms and Kingdom of Qin, destined to unite China.His second trilogy "The Empress of Silk" is set in Medieval China during the
Tang Dynasty . It depicts the story ofEmperor Gaozong , the third emperor of Tang and his prominent and ambitious wifeWu Zetian , who after his death, virtually became the ruler of the country and the first female emperor in thehistory of China .His latest series "The Empire of Tears" is set in mid-19th Century China, during the
Opium Wars , where the empire is struggling and slowly decaying.Bibliography
The Empress of Silk ("L'Impératrice de la Soie")
#The Roof of the World ("Le Toit du Monde")
#The Eyes of Buddha ("Les Yeux de Bouddha")
#The Usurping One ("L'Usurpatrice")The Jade Disc ("Le Disque de Jade")
#Celestial Horses ("Les Chevaux Celestes")
#Golden Fish ("Poisson d’Or")
#Immortal Islands ("Les Îles Immortelles")The Empire of Tears ("L'Empire des Larmes")
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Opium Wars ("La Guerre de l'Opium")
#The Sack of the Summer Castle (" Le Sac du Palais d'Été")Novels
*art & co ("art & cie")
*Me, Buddha ("Moi, Bouddha")
*Calling Center ("Le Centre d'Appel")
*Once upon a time in China ("Il était une fois la Chine")External links
* [http://www.josefreches.com/ Official site of José Frèches]
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