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Empress Orchid
by Anchee Min
This is the book that makes me interested in the Asian Literature books later on. It is a story about the infamous last empress of Qing dynasty of China. Cixi is always depicted as ruthless ruler throughout her reign. In this book, it tells her story from the beginning when she first comes to the palace as concubine for Emperor Xianfeng and how she uses every single method she could think of to get the Emperor's attention. She cunningly makes her way to the top of Imperial Harem and through his son, she and Empress take over the throne.
This book is fiction. Thus, the thoughts, expression, and intention of Cixi in this novel is completely from the author's perspective based on her research on the subject matter. However, it is good to have guessed what Cixi may have thought and why and how her action in the past has made her one of the notorious Chinese Empresses.
This book is fiction. Thus, the thoughts, expression, and intention of Cixi in this novel is completely from the author's perspective based on her research on the subject matter. However, it is good to have guessed what Cixi may have thought and why and how her action in the past has made her one of the notorious Chinese Empresses.