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My Splendid Concubine
 

My Splendid Concubine

by Lloyd Lofthouse

No Westerner has ever achieved Robert Hart?s status and level of power in China. Driven by a passion for his adopted country, Hart became the ?godfather of China?s modernism,? inspector general of China?s Customs Service, and the builder of China?s railroads, postal and telegraph systems, and schools. But his first real love is Ayaou, a young concubine.

Soon after arriving in China... (read more)

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“It is in the natural order of literature that famed authoress Anchee Min's (Red Azalea; Becoming Madame Mao) significant other, Lloyd Lofthouse, is the latest author to join the ranks of China historical fiction writers with his highly-anticipated debut novel, My Splendid Concubine, which traces the true-life exploits of Sir Robert Hart.

Lofthouse's Hart is not the idol that encyclopedias portray him as; he is a flawed man. Enticed into purchasing his first concubine, boat-girl...”

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