A revisionist approach to the history of China.(Daily Break)

The Virginian Pilot | April 29, 2007 | Copyright

THE LAST EMPRESS

ANCHEE MIN

Houghton Mifflin. 308 pp. $25.

BY DONNA RIFKIND

The Washington Post

ANCHEE MIN'S historical novels about China have a clear purpose beyond entertainment or instruction. Beginning with "Becoming Madame Mao" and following with a two-volume epic about the dowager empress Tzu Hsi, the author has set out to reject traditional caricatures of female Chinese rulers as power-mad dragon ladies in favor of more nuanced, sympathetic fictional portraits.

"The Last Empress" is the second of the two novels ...

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