{"product_id":"three-kingdoms-9780520344556","title":"Three Kingdoms","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA material epic with an astonishing fidelity to history.New York Times Book ReviewThree 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 novel's 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword to the Abridged Edition by Moss Roberts\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the Abridged Edition \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments for the Unabridged Edition\u003cbr\u003e Foreword to the Unabridged Edition by John S. Service\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: About Three Kingdoms by Moss Roberts\u003cbr\u003e List of Principal Characters \u003cbr\u003e Chronology of Main Events","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402935411031,"sku":"9780520344556","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520344556.jpg?v=1730481899","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/three-kingdoms-9780520344556","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}