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The Russian Concubine (The Russian Concubine #1) Paperback | Pages: 517 pages
Rating: 3.74 | 8908 Users | 940 Reviews

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Original Title: The Russian Concubine
ISBN: 042521558X (ISBN13: 9780425215586)
Edition Language: English
Series: The Russian Concubine #1
Characters: Lydia Ivanova, Chang An Lo, Valentina Ivanova, Liev Popkov, Alexei Serov, Theo Willoughby, Alfred Parker
Setting: Junchow,1928(China)

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A sweeping novel set in war-torn 1928 China, with a star-crossed love story at its center. In a city full of thieves and Communists, danger and death, spirited young Lydia Ivanova has lived a hard life. Always looking over her shoulder, the sixteen-year-old must steal to feed herself and her mother, Valentina, who numbered among the Russian elite until Bolsheviks murdered most of them, including her husband. As exiles, Lydia and Valentina have learned to survive in a foreign land. Often, Lydia steals away to meet with the handsome young freedom fighter Chang An Lo. But they face danger: Chiang Kai Shek's troops are headed toward Junchow to kill Reds like Chang, who has in his possession the jewels of a tsarina, meant as a gift for the despot's wife. The young pair's all-consuming love can only bring shame and peril upon them, from both sides. Those in power will do anything to quell it. But Lydia and Chang are powerless to end it.

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Title:The Russian Concubine (The Russian Concubine #1)
Author:Kate Furnivall
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Deluxe Edition
Pages:Pages: 517 pages
Published:June 27th 2007 by Berkley Books (first published May 1st 2007)
Categories:Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance. Cultural. China. Russia

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Ratings: 3.74 From 8908 Users | 940 Reviews

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Very enjoyable tale, and although I may have skimmed a little bit, it was only cause it was a tad long winded in spots, but overall I really got lost in this story.I believe I have done this the wrong way around and read The Jewel of St. Petersburg first which was apparently released after this one as a prequel but going by peoples reviews it's all probably worked out for the best as I knew all the background to the story and people in it :)

I REALLY tried to like this book. I forced myself to keep reading, thinking and hoping that I would get hooked by the characters at some point. But, I have officially given up. Considering this is a period romance set in China during the 1920s, you'd think this was right up my alley. I certainly did. However, I was never interested in the characters that much. (And as a high school teacher a love story about 16-year-olds is disturbing on many levels.) Also, I felt that some passages read like a

Lydia Ivanova starts life in Russia, but in 1918, her family attempts to flee the Bolsheviks. Lydia and her mother, Valentina, end up in China where Lydia learns to survive on very little apart from her wits and a talent for thieving. Ten years later, she meets and falls in love with a young Chinese Communist, Chang An Lo. But there are many dangers in that turbulent country at that most turbulent of times.This is a huge novel, running to over 500 pages, and the research that must have gone into

Firstly, the title of this book is completely misleading. One thinks that it should be a story about an actual concubine, to some royal or political figure. One thinks that it should be a bit of a saucy book.It is none of these things.It's a book about a Russian refugee in China, who falls in love with a Chinese boy, and makes bad decisions generally.It was ok, but I wish that the book wasn't so misleading. I won't get the next book in the series, because I really don't care much for the

DNF at page 109I'm three quarters Cantonese and though I can't do kung fu to save my life, but I can rip this book apart.First of all, I dnf-ed this book because it was 517 pages and I was not into it. I have a good number of reasons why.Basically, this book is Tsarina and Tiger's Curse, only without the crappy fantasy element of the former and a bit less of the latter's unintended potential racism. It starts with an intense but cheesy prologue where they introduce our MC as a supposedly "Strong

good romp, but stuggled to get too emotionally involved wit the characters

Loved this book and now see there are a couple of sequels. Also a pre-quel. I need to get reading!!! Kate Furnival writes in such passion and heart, and the characters face brutal tough challenges in their lives. I noted that Diana Gabaldon, another favorite writer of mine, had positive thoughts about it. I like epic novels and world travel, and this one does not disappoint. It reminds me a lot of the struggles with the change of powers after Chaing Kai Shek in a book I read many years ago,

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