Empress Orchid - Anchee Min 豆瓣评分[7.40]

《兰花皇后(英文原版，Express Orchild)》Empress orchid delivers a fictional peek into the intrigues of the Forbidden City...strong on both sexual chicanery and violent conspiracy...a fascinating account'Guardian.Based on the true story of China's last Empress, a charismatic woman from an impoverished aristocratic family, who comes to life in this fascinating novel'Image.
'An engrossing story ... it is enhanced by Min's imaginative power and her skill in enlivening chunks of history with deft strokes of her brush' Glasgow Herald
'Playing on every one of our senses, Anchee Min iUuminates the darkest aspects of the exclusive Forbidden City ... exquisite ... With a dying Emperor who has only one son, opium wars, manipulative concubines, powerful eunuchs, treachery, eroticism and names like Little Cloud and the Hall of Literary Zest.

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