I finished this book on the morning of the 30th December. This is only significant because later on that night I started my contractions and gave birth to my beautiful daughter the next day. Just to be perfectly clear, however, this book did nothing towards helping my labour or even ensuring that my baby arrived bang on time! This information is just by the by...
The Last Empress is the follow on book fromEmpress Orchid and picks up where the last story left off. Orchid remains in charge of the country ruling in the stead of her son. It is more of a historical novel than a romance in comparison with the previous book and the author almost seems to be bogged down with ensuring that she includes historical details: a list of dates, who's who and cross referencing to Western press documents. As such it wasn't a particularly smooth read. It was interesting in so far as I am interested in how China moved from being a monarchy, but I feel that it didn't suit the author's writing style as much as the first novel did. Not a book I would read again.
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