If you like the sound of an historical adventure sweeping across continents and generations, packed with disparate characters ranging from a bankrupt raja, a Chinese opium addict, a beautiful French heroine, a mulatto freedman from Baltimore, sailors, coolies and convicts, then put your feet up, kick off your shoes and indulge. This, the first of a trilogy, written by a master story teller, is absolutely the perfect read for those all encroaching dark winter days.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 48 November 2008 ) |
