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Peking, 1914. Eight-year-old Eastern Jewel peers from behind a screen as her father, Prince Su, makes love to a servant girl. Caught spying by her thirteenth sister, Eastern Jewel's sexual curiosity sees her banished to live with distant relatives in Tokyo, then forced into a passionless marriage in freezing Mongolia. Increasingly isolated, at night she is plagued by disturbing fantasies and unsettling dreams. But she refuses to be pinned down by anyone - least of all a man - and in the dazzling city of Shanghai she puts her thrill-seeking nature to work spying for the Japanese, spurning everything she once held dear ... Based on the real-life story of Yoshiko Kawashima, Chinese princess turned ruthless Japanese spy, The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel is an intoxicating tale of sexual manipulation and self-discovery that spans three countries and a world war.
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The private papers of Eastern Jewel, Maureen author Lindley
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- Released
- 2009
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- Title
- The private papers of Eastern Jewel
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Maureen author Lindley
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0747596263
- ISBN13
- 9780747596264
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women, Politics, Military Fiction, Wars, Sexuality & Intimacy, Japan, Asia, China, Asian Fiction, Emperors, Tokyo, Shanghai
- Original title
- The private papers of eastern jewel
- Rating
- 3.45 out of 5
- Description
- Peking, 1914. Eight-year-old Eastern Jewel peers from behind a screen as her father, Prince Su, makes love to a servant girl. Caught spying by her thirteenth sister, Eastern Jewel's sexual curiosity sees her banished to live with distant relatives in Tokyo, then forced into a passionless marriage in freezing Mongolia. Increasingly isolated, at night she is plagued by disturbing fantasies and unsettling dreams. But she refuses to be pinned down by anyone - least of all a man - and in the dazzling city of Shanghai she puts her thrill-seeking nature to work spying for the Japanese, spurning everything she once held dear ... Based on the real-life story of Yoshiko Kawashima, Chinese princess turned ruthless Japanese spy, The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel is an intoxicating tale of sexual manipulation and self-discovery that spans three countries and a world war.