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What is the plot? BrotherSulayman ( talk) 07:42, 20 October 2013 (UTC) reply

The plot description is so rambling as to be virtually meaningless. Can someone who has read the book please re-write it.

Incidentally, what does "death as a result of impaired border duties" mean? 101.98.175.68 ( talk) 06:22, 5 April 2014 (UTC) reply

If the book is set in 1866, how could a character have been in the Boxer rebellion - which occurred 40 years later? 101.98.175.68 ( talk) 06:20, 5 April 2014 (UTC) reply