Empress Orchid - Anchee Min
EMPRESS ORCHID
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
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EMPRESS ORCHID
ANCHEE MIN
BLOOMSBURY
First published in Great Britain 2004
Copyright © 2004 by Anchee Min
The moral right of the author has been asserted
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 38 Soho Square, London W1D 3HB
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 0 7475 6698 4
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives Plc
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