A Death in China - Carl Hiaasen
A Death in China
Carl Hiaasen
Bill Montalbano
A DEATH IN CHINA
In 221 B.C., China came to be ruled by the formidable Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi, whose dynasty was China’s shortest, but arguably its most important. It was Qin who unified the feudal country. He built a road system, organized a central government, standardized Chinese language and coinage, and it was he who ordered construction of the Great Wall. Qin’s hope for China’s future was tied to a belief in his own immortality; ...