Outlaws of the Marsh (Stories of Chinese Ancient Masterpieces Series)(English Edition)【China Intercontinental Press - 五洲传播出版社】

by Guozhen Wang

Outlaws of the Marsh, One of the best known and best loved of the ancient Chinese novels which have come down through the ages, written in the fourteenth century, is a fictional account of twelfth-century events in the final years of Hui Zong, a Song Dynasty emperor who reigned from 1101 to 1125. It tells why and how one hundred some-old men and women are forced by the harsh feudal officialdom and banded together on a marsh-girt mountain, became leaders of an outlaw army of thousands and fought brave and resourceful battles against pompous, heartless tyrants.

346 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2012