Empress Orchid

06/05/06
By Anchee Min

“Based in the true story of China’s last Empress, a charismatic woman from an impoverished aristocratic family, who comes to life in this fascinating novel” er, hvad der stÃ¥r pÃ¥ bagsiden af denne bog.

Ikke fordi, det ikke passer, men alligevel.. Jeg var lidt skuffet. Jeg havde troet, at der ville være en beskrivelse af, hvordan Orchid (som jeg gÃ¥r ud fra er den samme som Cixi eller noget i den stil) regerede landet, hvordan hendes søn døde etc., men bogen handlede mest om, hvordan hun sikrede sig en plads som kejserinde.. Suk – jeg mÃ¥ pÃ¥ jagt efter andre bøger, der kan give mig den ønskede info ;o)

Omtale fra amazon.co.uk:
To rescue her family from poverty and avoid marrying her slope-shouldered cousin, seventeen-year-old Orchid competes to be one of the Emperor’s wives. When she is chosen as a lower-ranking concubine she enters the erotically charged and ritualised Forbidden City. But beneath its immaculate facade lie whispers of murders and ghosts, and the thousands of concubines will stoop to any lengths to bear the Emperor’s son. Orchid trains herself in the art of pleasuring a man, bribes her way into the royal bed, and seduces the monarch, drawing the attention of dangerous foes. Little does she know that China will collapse around her, and that she will be its last Empress.

My rating: ***

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Omtale fra amazon.co.uk