sofas & loveseats
three kingdoms a historical novel . abridged edition
three kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the han dynasty 206 b.c. a.d. 220 when the chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms . writing some twelve hundred years later the ming author luo guanzhong drew on histories dramas and poems portraying the crisis to fashion a sophisticated compelling narrative that has become the chinese national epic . this abridged edition captures the novels intimate and unsparing view of how power is wielded how diplomacy is conducted and how wars are planned and fought . as important for chinese culture as the homeric epics have been for the west this ming dynasty masterpiece continues to be widely influential in china korea japan and vietnam and remains a great work of world literature . br this abridged edition is particularly useful for undergraduate courses . for the complete text see the unabridged edition now available in two parts part one ; part two