If you know the son of the Consul Lulu ie Lucien Bodard who was born in China in the early twentieth century, this one makes us discover and love in his works this fabulous China that each of us wants to discover. As for José freshe in his trilogy of jade disc, it takes us to discover and love this China but also to a much earlier time. His novel actually sticks to history and we move slowly in the Middle Kingdom in the company of the Son of Heaven.
Although not a history lesson, this novel tries to soak up Chinese culture so difficult to enter a western.
