Kim li-han- adviser to the ill-fated Queen of Korea- lived to see his sons and his grandsons driven from power as new causes and ideas swept the ancient country. The tumultuous and engrossing story of a remarkable aristocratic family caught up in the straggle for Korean independence shows Pearl S. Buck at her storytelling best. With authenticity and power, America's beloved Pulitzer Prize winner creates a family saga that sweeps across seventy years of intrigue and change momentous years that finally drew the United States into titanic East-West warfare.