The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel

The private papers of Eastern Jewel Excellent copy unread condition, European printed copy England / cover differs slightly from American – paperback-- small crease back corner / small amount of shelf we're at the head and foot of book cover still glossy- photography Johnny Ring– lettering Stephen Raw – Chinese calligraphy Yat Yang Jung- typeset by Heuer text UK limited, Edinboro printed by Clay's limited, st. Ives plc Bloomsbury publishing London first published 2008 -copyright held by author - Electrifying epic, based on the incredible true story of a Chinese princess turned spy.Peking, 1914. Renamed Yoshiko Kawashima, she quickly falls in love with her adoptive country, where she earns a scandalous reputation, taking fencing lessons, smoking opium, and entertaining numerous lovers.--- Peking, 1914. Eight-year-old Eastern Jewel, daughter of Prince Su's last concubine, peers from behind a carved screen as her father makes love to a bound-footed servant girl. Overhead the gathering clouds foreshadow the end of peace, and the start of Eastern Jewel's own tumultuous story. Eastern Jewel is an intoxicating heroine—a feisty, rebellious woman who refuses to accept mutely the docile, subservient role that early 20th-century Chinese society prescribes for her. Her early sexual curiosity sees her banished as a young girl to live with distant relatives in Tokyo, then forced into a passionless marriage in bleak, freezing Mongolia. Increasingly isolated, at night she is plagued by disturbing fantasies and unsettling dreams. But she is a bold, rebellious woman who 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 her Chinese heritage and everything she once held dear. Based on the real-life story of Yoshiko Kawashima, a fascinating but contradictory heroine who battled to juggle her extraordinary public life with her private paper demons, this is a stormy, vivid, and an utterly intoxicating tale of sexual manipulation and self-discovery that spans three countries and a world war Born in England and raised in Scotland, Maureen– worked – photographer, antique dealer, dress designer, trained as a psychotherapist. She lives in the Wye valley on the Welsh borders with her husband and daughter. This is her first novel. The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel: A Novel Author Author Maureen Lindley- Pub- Bloomsbury Publishing London - 2nd printing- paperback ISBN 1608191974, 9781608191970 288 pages - Subjects Fiction / Romance / Historical /war military/ General- Ruth Reaser-Los Angeles- LAX Vespa- see pictures maybe this will do it maybe it won't. you'll know by looking at the pictures LAX Vespa shipped -United States Post to fulfill your order, Los Angeles Eastern Jewel 4028 BMK41mystery