A Historian's Review of Tales of Ming Courtesans

Jeremiah Jenne is a well-known American scholar of Chinese history based in Beijing. He has written a thoughtful review of Tales of Ming Courtesans for the popular cultural magazine "The World of Chinese".

Here's a quote from the review:

Though the super courtesan team-up probably never existed, it’s still fun to imagine the historical possibilities if it had—such is the liberating fun of reading a novelist who is also a historian. With characters as rich as these and a writer as expressive as Poon, who needs CGI, anyway?

Link to the Full Review