Rebels of the Heavenly KingdomMei Lin, a woman warrior, and pigboy Wang Lee find love, intrigue, adventure, and danger as rebels seeking to overthrow the Chinese emperor during the 1850s amid the Taiping Rebellion. |
Contents
A Note to the Reader | 10 |
Hunan 1850 | 13 |
To Kweilin | 30 |
The Young Master | 39 |
The Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace | 46 |
Mei Lins Story | 57 |
Lately the Winds Have Greatly Changed | 67 |
Chintien | 79 |
The Destruction of Chuanchou | 154 |
Sounds of Mourning | 173 |
Homecoming | 181 |
Spy in Changsha | 191 |
Days of Testing | 203 |
Kitchen Maid in the House of Sung | 215 |
From Changsha to Nanking | 231 |
Pilgrim to the Celestial City | 241 |
To the Aid of the Kings | 96 |
The New Age | 108 |
Soldier in the Heavenly Army | 119 |
Horsewomen of God | 129 |
Shen | 138 |
Seed Rice | 250 |
Hunan 1864 | 262 |
Acknowledgments and Permissions | 264 |
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