My Splendid Concubine
by Lloyd Lofthouse
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Author: Lloyd LofthouseForeword: Anchee Min
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-02-12
ISBN: 0981955304
Number of pages: 260
Publisher: Three Clover Press
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- ISBN13: 9780981955308
- Condition: New
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Book Review: A Fascinating Trip Into A Lost World
Summary: 5 Stars
A fascinating trip into a lost world, Lofthouse does a great job taking us back in time to a beautiful, almost mythical China. But Lofthouse doesn't shy away from balancing the romantic with the reality. We are not spared the poverty, violence, colonial or sexual exploitation.
His protagonist, Robert Hart, is an engaging character, caught between the morals of his religious Irish background, and his unquenchable thirst to understand the ancient Chinese culture. Sometimes it's hard to understand how he can withstand the seduction of the women who fall his way (the rest of us are only human), while one cannot fail to admire his prowess in battle and his moral fiber when he stands up to evil.
It is hard to believe that this is a fictional account of a very real man and a very real story, and this makes the ending all the harder. Without giving anything away, the final scenes of the book haunted me for days after I finished.
If anything is frustrating, it is that the reader is left feeling the story is incomplete. This can only be rectified with a sequel. Robert Hart needs to continue along his path, and I for one am anxious to follow his progress.
Alon Shalev
Christian Living Books
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