The Russian Concubine
de Furnivall, Kate
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0751540420
- ISBN 13
- 9780751540420
- Librería
-
Blagoevgrad Region, Bulgaria
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Sobre este artículo
London: Sphere. Very Good-. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Light reading and cover creases, slight shelf wear with corners lightly bumped, minor foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; First printing of Sphere paperback original edition with no other printings listed, 2007. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design uncredited with photos courtesy of Getty Images. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 592 pages; Author's first novel, an historical epic of love and loss. 1928. Exiled from Russia by the Bolshevik Revolution, Lydia Ivanova and her aristocratic mother, Valentina, have taken refuge in Junchow, China. With destitution looming, the beautiful and fiery Lydia resorts to stealing in order to survive. When a valuable ruby necklace goes missing, Chang An Lo, a handsome Chinese youth saves her from certain death. Thrust into clashes with the triads that control Junchow and the strictures of the white international colonial settlement, Lydia and Chang fall in love and are swept up in a fierce fight against prejudice and shame... .
Sinopsis
A sweeping novel set in war-torn 1928 China, with a star-crossed love story at its center. In a city full of thieves and Communists, danger and death, spirited young Lydia Ivanova has lived a hard life. Always looking over her shoulder, the sixteen-year-old must steal to feed herself and her mother, Valentina, who numbered among the Russian elite until Bolsheviks murdered most of them, including her husband. As exiles, Lydia and Valentina have learned to survive in a foreign land. Often, Lydia steals away to meet with the handsome young freedom fighter Chang An Lo. But they face danger: Chiang Kai Shek's troops are headed toward Junchow to kill Reds like Chang, who has in his possession the jewels of a tsarina, meant as a gift for the despot's wife. The young pair's all-consuming love can only bring shame and peril upon them, from both sides. Those in power will do anything to quell it. But Lydia and Chang are powerless to end it.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Books in Bulgaria
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 33723
- Título
- The Russian Concubine
- Autor
- Furnivall, Kate
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good-
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0751540420
- ISBN 13
- 9780751540420
- Editorial
- Sphere
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2007
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fireside Reads;
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