The Great Empire--Bilingual Edition
by Joaquim Augusto Ferreira Barbosa De Melo
- A work of fiction based on historical facts. - It covers three centuries from the beginning of the decline of the Qing Dynasty to the present day. - Main characters: * THE IMPERADOR - a "demigod", living in a paradise confined to palaces, surrounded by a large court at his service. Lord of a vast territory he administered according to his will, between Peace and War. His subjects, a myriad of faceless souls, built their lives between hard work (necessary for their sustenance) and the veneration of the "SOL KING" (with the exception of the Empress and the Concubines no one in his presence could look him in the face, and when they retired, they had to do it backwards without ever turning their backs). *ZIZI - the Emperor's penultimate consort. With her death she ascended to her place the Concubine XI *LI - Concubine. It represents in the work the "Positive and Noble side of the whole Human Being". Defender of moral, cultural and civic values. (has a transversal role and continuity...