I enjoyed the book and would recommend it also for adult book clubs. I potential middle school students could also read it. Little does she know that China will collapse around her, and that she will be its last Empress. I hope to read other Anchee Min novels especially "Becoming Madame Mao" and "The Last Empress." I think I would recommend this book for high school students especially girls. Orchid trains herself in the art of pleasuring a man, bribes her way into the royal bed, and seduces the monarch, drawing the attention of dangerous foes. It is an impressive story written will that will keep you interested and wanting more. This story of the women who became Empress Orchid where a smart you woman, who lived during very turbulent time in China, is able to rise in a very male dominated environment to become a person who greatly influences and even helps run the country of China. Min makes the people come alive as she describes the inner working of the palace and the relationships among the different people who live there. The palace dynamics and intrigue is very interesting. She learns very quickly the culture and power structure of the Forbidden City. She begins her life in the Forbidden City where she learns how she must survive and overcome a life of loneliness. 2 Books 1 Empress Orchid Anchee Min From 4.19 2 The Last Empress Anchee Min From 4. See the complete Empress Orchid series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. There, while living in her uncles house her life takes a major turn when she is selected to be one of the wives of the young Emperor. The Empress Orchid book series by Anchee Min includes books Empress Orchid and The Last Empress. Tzu Hsi and her family move to Beijing following the death of her father.
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min is the fictional story of a country girl who becomes on of the wives of the Emperor of China.
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