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{{short description|2008 novel by John Havan}}
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|publisher=Orchid Press
|release_date=March 2, 2008
|media_type=Print (paperback)
|pages=332 p.
| isbn = 978-9-74-524100-8
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'''Mandarin''', subtitled ''A Novel of Viet Nam'', is a novel by [[John Havan]]. The protagonist, ''Bach'', is the first-born son of the most powerful [[Mandarin (bureaucrat)|mandarin]] at the [[Nguyễn dynasty]] court in [[Hue]].<ref name=Havan2008>* {{cite book | last=Havan | first=J. | title=Mandarin: A Novel of Viet Nam | publisher=Orchid Press | year=2008 | isbn=978-974-524-100-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JL5lAAAAMAAJ | access-date=2022-03-15}}</ref>
At the time of Bach's birth, Vietnam's historical feudal system is locked in a struggle with [[French Indochina|French colonial]] exploitation, [[Japanese imperialism]], and [[Ho Chi Minh]]'s communist fanatics. Bach grows up to be a robust and handsome young man, irresistible to the women in his life, brilliant at his studies and with a natural gift for the martial arts, but his way of life is doomed in the cataclysmic birth throes of the modern [[North Vietnam|Vietnamese socialist state]]. The book is an epic tale of love and war, struggle, loss, and rebirth.
A sequel, ''[[The Tiger General]]'', chronicles the life of Bach's son, ''Hai''.<ref name=Havan2011>{{cite book | last=Havan | first=J. | title=The Tiger General: The Memoirs of a Vietnamese Intelligence Chief | publisher=Orchid Press | year=2011 | isbn=978-974-524-135-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LyGduAAACAAJ | access-date=2022-03-15 | page=}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:2008 French novels]]
[[Category:English-language novels]]
[[Category:Novels set in Vietnam]]
[[Category:Historical novels]]
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