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The Eight Banners

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The first in a two-book sequence of historical adventures set in the Chinese Empire of the Manchu Dynasty. In 1793, Robert Barrington, a mariner, arrives in Peking, where he founds a trading house. Running parallel to the rise of the …

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The first in a two-book sequence of historical adventures set in the Chinese Empire of the Manchu Dynasty. In 1793, Robert Barrington, a mariner, arrives in Peking, where he founds a trading house. Running parallel to the rise of the Barringtons are momentous events in Chinese history.

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"The first in a two-book sequence of historical adventures set in the Chinese Empire of the Manchu Dynasty. In 1793, Robert Barrington, a mariner, arrives in Peking, where he founds …"

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