Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on January 26, 2009 at 15:18:04 user ACB.
In Reply to: Re: A portrait of Missee Lee posted by Peter H on January 26, 2009 at 14:40:26:
The Soong Sisters were to China as the Mitford sisters were to contemporary Britain, "only more so"! Highly intelligent, very literary and highly (and diversely) political!
Jung Chang's effort is a bit dry and hagiographical; Sterling Segrave's "The Soong Dynasty" is a staple of airport literature. Both agree with AR in thinking very highly of Ching Ling and very badly of the rest of her family.
(I had my arm twisted into finally joining TARS - thank you Ted and Brian!)