The book and the sword

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The Book and the Sword is a story that virtually every Chinese person knows, involving kung fu secret society struggles against the Manchu court, the beautiful but tragic Fragant Princess, whose tomb stands outside Kashgar, and the war between the Manchu armies and the Muslim peoples of what is now western China/5(10).

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Together with the nomads, Chan executes a daring return to the capital and an audacious plan to capture Qian Lung once and for all.

Filled with spectaclar martial arts action, THE BOOK AND THE SWORD is a rousing tale of honor, patriotism, and brotherly love Add Synopsis In /10(44). The Book and the Sword. (The Book and The Sword) In the Book and Sword, Louis Cha revives the legend about the great eighteenth-century Manchu Emperor Qianlong which claims that he was in fact not a Manchu but a Han Chinese as a result of a "baby swap."/5.

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Daniel Li's martial-arts revenge film Book and Sword stars Vincent Zhao as Chan Gar-lok, the leader of a group known as Red Flower Society. The group's failed attempt to assassinate the Emperor results in Chan being exiled.

He brings together a new army and attempts to finish the job the right ry: Action & Adventure, Art House & International. The Book and the Sword is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised between 8 February and 5 September in the Hong Kong newspaper The New Evening Post.

Set in the Qing dynasty during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. –), the novel follows the quest of the Red Flower Society, a secret organisation aiming to overthrow the.

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I found myself drawn quickly into the action, and thought the dynamics of the character relationships, especially among the two brother leading characters, was realistic and dramatic, without becoming too soap opera-ish/5().

THE BOOK OF THE SWORD by Sir Richard F. Burton is one of the most deservedly famous treatises on weaponry of the last years. Burton himself was a worthy representative of the extraordinary Brits who lived during the reign of Queen Victoria/5.

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Read reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Legend states that there exists a mighty sword that makes i /5. The Book and the Sword ( TV series) The Book and the Sword is a Taiwanese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title.

The series was first broadcast on CTS in Taiwan in No. of episodes:   Original title: 書劍恩仇錄 Shu jian en chou lu (The Romance of Book and Sword) Year Part 1 Must Watch Part 2 the Finale Running Time89 min.

Country Hong Kong DirectorAnn Hui Screenwriter. "The Book and the Sword" takes place during the reign of Emperor Qian Long () of the Qing dynasty.

The Qing dynasty had been founded by the Manchus almost years earlier. By this time the Manchu rulers, whose homeland was in the north east of present day China, had been thoroughly sinicised.

Indeed this books was quite a page turner. Until the last two chapters where I felt that the story has gone a little downway. And in spite of some flaws in the story and some boring repetitions about the sword and a magic book, in the end the whole situation works quite well/5.

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