本书是一组以太平天国为题材的中短篇历史小说的结集。作者浸淫太平天国史料多年，尝试以小说形式再现太平天国的时代氛围、社会状况、人物命运。书中既写了苏州降城、天京失陷等重大历史事件，也写了上至幼天王下至普通将士，以及敌我双方在对峙、杀戮之中的所思所感，为读者呈现出太平天国具体可感、血肉丰实的一面。(This is a book of collected historical stories and novelettes themed with Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Having been exposed in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom historical data for many years, the author attempts to represent the era atmosphere, social status, the fate of the characters of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom through fictional writing. The book gives an account of the major historical events of the surrender of Suzhou City and the fall of Tianjing (Nanjing), the thoughts of the Heavenly King to the ordinary soldiers as well as their counter parts in the confrontation and killing, rendering the readers a concrete and reachable scene full of flesh and blood of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.)