Mandarin is a lengthy Robert Elegant novel published by Simon & Schuster in 1983. It is set in China during the Taiping Rebellion. Robert Sampson Elegant is a British/American author and journalist born in New York City on March 7, 1928. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative, typically in prose. ... Jean-François Millet Le Semeur (The Sower) Simon & Schuster logo, circa 1961. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Qing Empire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Commanders Xianfeng Emperor, Tongzhi Emperor, Empress Dowager Cixi, Charles George Gordon, Frederick Townsend Ward Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan, Wei Changhui, Shi Dakai, Li Xiucheng The Taiping Rebellion (or Rebellion of Great Peace) was a large-scale revolt against the authority...

Characters

• Saul Haleevie - an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and Shanghai silk merchant.
• Sarah - Saul's worrisome wife.
• Fronah - Saul and Sarah's daughter.
• Aisek Lee - a Chinese silk merchant and partner of Saul Haleevie born into Judaism. He becomes imprisoned and Saul, Aaron, and David try to bribe government officials to get him out of prison.
• Aaron - Aisek's son.
• David - Aisek's son.
• Lionel - Fronah's first husband, who becomes an opium addict and dies.
• Gabriel Hyde - Fronah's second husband, who has a Jewish mother.
• Yenehala - ambitious, clever, and beautiful concubine who manipulates the corrupt emperor into having his first child by her.

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