A review by buffyb
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang

3.0

This was a tough slog at points. I realise that we need to know background info on what was happening during her life, but sometimes we veered so far away from her for long periods of time that it seemed like the book wasn't about her. I prefer biographies that are much closer to the subject. I want to feel as though I'm getting to know the person the book is about. I didn't get that from this book. She seemed like an interesting person but this book didn't capture that for me.