Melissa Addey
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The Consorts (Forbidden City, #1)
7 editions
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2016
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The Fragrant Concubine (The Forbidden City #2)
5 editions
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2015
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The Cold Palace (The Forbidden City #4)
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2019
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The Garden of Perfect Brightness (The Forbidden City #3)
4 editions
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2019
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The Cup (The Moroccan Empire #1)
6 editions
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2018
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A String of Silver Beads (The Moroccan Empire #2)
5 editions
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2018
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From the Ashes (The Colosseum #1)
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The Forbidden City Series
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Merchandise for Authors: Engage your readers while increasing your income
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The Storytelling Entrepreneur: Using stories for business success
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"I am enjoying all of her books. I have been going through one after the other and I can’t put them down. I am anxiously waiting for the 3rd one in the series about Rome. Her books draw a person in so that you feel you are right there with characters."
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"Althea is a freed slave who works in the amphitheatre with Marcus, her protector, they organise the gladiator games which are so much in demand in the Rome of those times and are often attended by Titus the Emperor himself. Titus ordered an naumachia"
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"Heart-stopping, heart-warming, and heart-aches too
Melissa Addey is becoming my favorite historical fiction author. Beneath the Waves is typical of her wonderful books; I learned more about the lives and language of plebeian Ancient Rome than in any h" Read more of this review » |
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“Remember, my friends – all legends are true, even the ones that never happened. For in them we find ourselves.”
― The Fragrant Concubine
― The Fragrant Concubine
“No one can manage on their own,” he says, keeping his eyes on the bobbing dumplings. “Everyone needs a family. People to look out for you.”
― The Fragrant Concubine
― The Fragrant Concubine
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“I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.”
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