Empress Orchid (2004) is a novel by Anchee Min which was first published in Great Britain in 2004. It is written in first person and is a sympathetic account of the life of Empress Dowager Cixi (spelled "Tzu Hsi" in the novel) - from her humble beginnings to her rise as the Empress Dowager.


[The condition is quite good, just the pages are kind of yellowish which somehow gives it a vintage look from my point of view, otherwise the print is good and no pages are torn.