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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
no historical insights, just a simple narrative history,
This review is from: Hidden Power: The Palace Eunuchs of Imperial China (Hardcover)
The book is a disappointment. It offers no general historical insights. I was expecting the author at least explained how and why an individual chose to be a eunuch, how the procedure was performed, how the society and families treated these people, how these people adjusted in the society, where did they come from, what is their daily lives... The author did NONE of these. The author simply wrote a narrative history of a few eunuchs. She wrote descriptive protraits of important eunuchs throughout history in chronological orders. The writing is detailed. For that, I gave a 3 point rating. But the reading is long, dry and boring. I only spent two hours on the book before I returned it.
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Hidden Power: The Palace Eunuchs of Imperial China by Mary M. Anderson (Hardcover - Mar. 1990)
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