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83 ratings, 4.07 average rating, 8 reviews
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published
February 1st 2006
(first published 1986)
by HQN Books
binding
Paperback, 576 pages
isbn
0373771258
(isbn13: 9780373771257)
description
Some of the world's most priceless artifacts are being smuggled from China into the U.S. An international crisis is about to explode unless a desperat...more
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Read in January, 2000
It is my opinion that this is one of the finest examples of contemporary romance. I find something new every time I read it. I am overwhelmed by all of the levels to this book. I read this book for the first time just before going to the Sackler Museum in Washington. When I entered the Sackler, I felt as if I was walking into the pages of the book. Elizabeth Lowell had done her homework. I could easily recognize the exact bronzes that she used as set pieces. While in the Sackler, I bought...more
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Read in October, 2007
This was an interesting novel with some details about Chinese culture. Not knowing a lot of history though, I was somewhat skeptical about how accurate they are.
And it took me several chapters to really figure out what a "bronze" piece was. That distraction took away from the story a little bit for me.
And it took me several chapters to really figure out what a "bronze" piece was. That distraction took away from the story a little bit for me.
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Read in August, 2008
Wow - I got through about 20 pages - this book is CRAP!!!
I have NO idea what led me to it, but take my word for it - it's total "grocery store lit". (i.e. - you could probably find this book AT the grocery store, by all the tabloid magazines).
I have NO idea what led me to it, but take my word for it - it's total "grocery store lit". (i.e. - you could probably find this book AT the grocery store, by all the tabloid magazines).
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Read in January, 1986
Just about the best book Lowell has ever done. Fanastic, twisting plot, great characters, and a really hot love story.
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Read in January, 2007
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