At the heart of this passionate saga of 19th century China are the love stories of two extraordinary women swept into the flames of war...FRONAH - daughter of a rich Jewish-Chinese merchant, she rebelled against her heritage and plunged into the sinful, dangerous pleasures of European Shanghai...
YENEHALA - out of thousands of the Emperor's concubines, she alone would bear him a son, heir to China's vast fortunes-and its bloody intrigues. Out of the smoking ruins of war, she alone would lead her beloved China to a glorious new destiny.......
YENEHALA - out of thousands of the Emperor's concubines, she alone would bear him a son, heir to China's vast fortunes-and its bloody intrigues. Out of the smoking ruins of war, she alone would lead her beloved China to a glorious new destiny.......
From the Taiping Rebellion to the torching of the Imperial Palaces by Western Hordes, a saga of 19th century China and two women swept into the flames of war.
