The Poet Empress by Shen Tao - Book Club Survey |
Win copies of the Radio 2 Book Club Pick for your book club!
The Poet Empress—an enthralling meditation on love, power, and survival through art—has been chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club with Sara Cox. You can listen to the live interview with Shen on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 13 January.
We have the chance for you to win a set of 10 copies of this novel for your book club. To apply, complete the survey below on why your group would like to read the book, by 28 January.
About The Poet Empress
Young rice farmer Yin Wei was forced to become concubine to Prince Guan Terren – a monstrous wielder of poetry magic, and heir to the Azalea throne – to save her family from the famine blighting the land of Tensha.
Now confined to the imperial court, Terren’s cruelty is not the only danger Wei faces. He and his honourable older brother are locked in a deadly succession war, while Terren’s thirty concubines are fighting a war of their own, for the position of future empress.
To survive, Wei must harden her heart, rely on her wit, and become dangerous herself – even if it means learning the one forbidden poem that can kill Terren and save both herself and the nation.
But there’s a problem – for the spell to work against a man she hates, it must be written with love.
Now confined to the imperial court, Terren’s cruelty is not the only danger Wei faces. He and his honourable older brother are locked in a deadly succession war, while Terren’s thirty concubines are fighting a war of their own, for the position of future empress.
To survive, Wei must harden her heart, rely on her wit, and become dangerous herself – even if it means learning the one forbidden poem that can kill Terren and save both herself and the nation.
But there’s a problem – for the spell to work against a man she hates, it must be written with love.