It was certainly one of the books that made me doubt the difference in the concept of morality in the modern world and in the historical society.

 

A mother and daughter sexually serving the same man,

a husband who willingly lets go of his wife for the king and also willingly mates with her when she wants a child with him,

a woman sexually serving the father, the son, the uncle and all sorts...

 

Not allowing the enjoyment of the good writing, the book shocked me from the beginning to the end. What may be considered completely immoral is totally accepted and even considered 'good'. A mother willingly presents her daughter to the king she also served and takes pride in it. A family sees no wrong and feels no shame in seizing the power by presenting a beautiful young girl to the King.

 

Of course, such acts are not uncommon in history. Many sisters and mother and daughters served the same man and many brothers and fathers and sons shared women. Many family attempted to seize the power by selling their daughters, sisters and even wives.

 

But those people and families are rarely presented in a good light whereas in this book, they do. That shocked me greatly and I could not help thinking what kind of moral system they might have had in those times.

 

While not wanting to be judgemental, the contents of the book was more than I could possibly handle.

 

Misil is praised as a feminist but, to my eyes, she is nothing but a woman who sold herself repeatedly for power and justified herself for it. A feminist should be those who strived their goal by relying on herself not on men.