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One of the books I named as must read for 2009 on my blog. Excellent. This book took me out of my world of Nowhereville, Ohio and dropped me secretly behind the walls of Imperial Palace in Japan. The characters came totally alive for me. All my years of reading about the British and various German royal families did help me understand some details but did nothing to prepare me for the emotion this book generated for me. The soul-stifling gilded cage that the palace truly was and is for these peo
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Such a gorgeous and evocative story, with a satisfying conclusion.
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