Three Kingdoms: Heroes, Kingdoms, and Political Intrigue

In the final years of the Eastern Han dynasty, the court was corrupt, natural disasters struck one after another, and the people suffered in desperate poverty. The Yellow Turban Rebellion set the stage for decades of warfare. Ambitious leaders rose across the land, and the flames of war spread without end. The age saw heroes carve out rival territories, the Three Kingdoms stand against one another, and, at last, the realm reunified. A host of brilliant heroes emerged along the way. Drawing on historical records and tracing the rise and fall of power among the figures of the Three Kingdoms, this book uses lively, engaging prose to weave together the historical events and relationships that unfolded over nearly a century, from the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han to the Jin conquest of Eastern Wu. One book is all you need to make sense of the Three Kingdoms era.