I've given it 4 stars because it's a good story, a good tale woven around some historical facts, but not always good writing ~ the character Rosamund to me is underdeveloped, and why go and spoil a great tale with wanton sexual aerobics in a hammock?. Otherwise I loved the questing / exploration themes; Lou Lu the Ming eunuch for his politics and Popple for his black rose obsession. The ending came about too quickly with somewhat pat resolutions to certain characters but if not for the hammock scenes is forgivable as it reads a fairy tale of sorts. china fiction historical-fiction ...more6 s Gwen Kooi23

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