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Books: The Mandate Of Heaven
Tim Murgatroyd brings his epic trilogy of novels set in medieval China to a stirring end in The Mandate Of Heaven, says STEPHEN LEWIS
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
Central China, 1304 AD. Hou-Ming is a city of ghosts on the shores of a giant lake, a vast graveyard for victims slaughtered by invading Mongol hordes.
Amid the ruins, three Chinese children meet and forge a friendship that will change their lives.
So begins The Mandate of Heaven, the third and concluding part of Tim Murgatroyd's powerful trilogy of novels set in medieval China.
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