As one of China's Four Great Novels of the medieval period, Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the world's most celebrated war epics. This legendary, unabridged classic chronicles the last four decades of the Eastern Han dynasty leading up to its demise, and the sixty following years of territorial struggles between the Three Kingdoms of Shu Han, Cao Wei, and Eastern Wu, with many artistic and dramatic liberties taken, romanticizing this tumultuous period of Chinese history and immortalizing its many warlords, scholars, politicians, and maidens within a tale that will forever stand the test of time. (Originally published in Vernacular/Classical Chinese in 1522. This edition, which is forked from the 2013 edition by eBooks@Adelaide's Steve Thomas, is based on the English translation by C.H. Brewitt-Taylor, with minor edits by Eden Biskin of the RotTK eBook Polishing Project.)