The Russian Concubine (4 books in series)
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review 1: This book started out so promising, and then went slowly, very slowly downhill for me. Great initial story about a girl trying to find her father in war torn Germany during WW2. Then at about page 300 they started into this ridiculous teenage love story about her and this Chinese...
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review 1: The Concubine's Secret) is the sequel to The Russian Concubine. Our heroine, Lydia has since moved on with her life, leaving China and her Chinese lover, Chang An Lo, to search for her father back in her country land, Russia. She is still somewhat in shock to learn that her fathe...
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review 1: I think I enjoyed this book more than the previous novel, but of this series the prequel about Valentina and Jens is still my favourite. I disliked how Lydia kept ignoring Alexei and Chang An Lo's warnings about passing notes into the prison to her father, she knew it was dangero...
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review 1: The reason we read historical fiction is not for the history. It’s for the fiction. We fall in love with a character, and whether she lives in Mongolia or Austin, ancient Rome or modern India, we want to know what it’s like to be her, to know her, and to fall in love, just as she...