In the Book and Sword, Louis Cha revives the legend about the great eighteenth-century Manchu Emperor Qianlong which claims that he was in fact not a Manchu but a Han Chinese as a result of a "baby swap." The novel is panoramic in scope and includes the fantastical elements for which Cha is well-known: secret societies, kungfu masters, a lost desert city guarded by wolf packs, and the mysterious Fragrant Princess.
- ISBN10 0195907272
- ISBN13 9780195907278
- Publish Date 1 July 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 500
- Language English