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Explore China by Christopher Nicole in order, with short summaries and a guide to the books to help you choose where to start reading.

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China books in publication order

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3 books

1

The Crimson Pagoda

by Christopher Nicole

1983

Newly married Constance Baird travels to Peking to join her missionary husband, expecting adventure and intimacy. Their failing marriage and her growing involvement in Chinese society draw her toward the Empress's court and international tensions that threaten to become war.

2

The Scarlet Princess

by Christopher Nicole

1984

After an American education, Adela Wynne returns to China carrying both royal Chinese and missionary American heritage. Warlords and adventurers seek to use her ancestry, while her feelings for foster brother Charles complicate the struggle to choose her own future.

3

Red Dawn

by Christopher Nicole

1985

Widowed writer Joan Carter travels to China in 1926 to research the Dowager Empress and unexpectedly falls for Geoffrey Marne. War and rival factions separate them, turning her journey into a struggle for survival and reunion.

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