My Fair Concubine - Jeannie Lin

Written by Jeannie Lin
Read by Sarah Lam
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Tang Dynasty, Book 3
Length: 10 hours
Publisher: Recorded Books Audio
Released: Jan 1, 2013

THE NOBLEMAN WHO TURNED A TEA GIRL INTO A PRINCESS…

Reluctantly allowing his sister Pearl to flee with her lover instead of going to distant Khitan as a heqin (peace alliance) bride, Fei Long, Lord Chang, faces family dishonor unless he can find someone to take Pearl’s place. When he unwittingly causes teahouse girl Yan Ling to lose her job, she begs for his help, and he suddenly realizes she might be the answer to his dilemma

…He has to deliver the Emperor a ‘princess’. Can he train a tea girl to pass as a noblewoman in two months? Yan Ling tries hard to be servile–it’s what’s expected of a girl of her class. Being intelligent and strong-minded, she finds it a constant battle.

Yet it’s hard to teach good etiquette when all Fei Long wants to do is break it, by taking this tea girl for his own…’Beautifully written, deliciously sensual, and rich with Tang Dynasty historical and political detail…Exceptional.’ - Library Journal on The Dragon and the Pearl

…. As Fei Long and his friends undertake the magnificent transformation of the unlearned and outspoken servant into a well-bred noblewoman, fooling even the suspicious Inspector Tong, the teacher and the pupil soon fall in love—jeopardizing the whole scheme. Readers will enjoy the classic tale’s new trappings as well as being educated by Yan Ling’s lessons in Tang Dynasty etiquette, politics, and economics.

VERDICT..Steeped in the exotic flavors, colors, and scents of medieval China and graced with a diverse cast of characters who will make you both laugh and sigh, Lin’s latest gem puts an Asian twist on George Bernard Shaw’s classic Pygmalion. It takes readers on a memorable journey into the treacherous, fascinating world of the Tang dynasty.—-Library Journal,