Révolte des Taiping
The Taiping Rebellion has been treated in historical novels. Robert Elegant's 1983 "Mandarin" depicts the time from the point of view of a Jewish family living in Shanghai. In "Flashman and the Dragon", the fictional Harry Paget Flashman recounts his adventures during the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion. In Lisa See's novel "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" the title character is married to a man who lives in Jintian and the characters get caught up in the action. Amy Tan's "The Hundred Secret Senses" takes place in part during the time of the Taiping Rebellion. "Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom" by Katherine Paterson is a young adult novel set during the Taiping Rebellion. Li Bo's "Tienkuo: The Heavenly Kingdom" takes place within the Taiping capital at Nanjing