Bøker av Maureen Lindley

AN ELECTRIFYING EPIC, BASED ON THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF A CHINESE PRINCESS TURNED SPY. PEKING, 1914. WHEN THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PRINCESS EASTERN JEWEL IS CAUGHT SPYING ON HER FATHER'S LIAISON WITH A SERVANT GIRL, SHE IS BANISHED FROM THE PALACE, SENT TO LIVE WITH A POWERFUL FAMILY IN JAPAN. 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. SENT TO MONGOLIA TO BECOME AN OBEDIENT WIFE, YOSHIKO MOUNTS A DARING ESCAPE AND EVENTUALLY FINDS HER WAY BACK TO PEKING HIGH SOCIETY-THIS TIME WITH ORDERS FROM THE JAPANESE SECRET SERVICE. BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF A REBELLIOUS WOMAN WHO EARNED A CONTROVERSIAL PLACE IN HISTORY, THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF EASTERN JEWEL IS A VIBRANT REIMAGINING OF A THRILLING LIFE-A RICH HISTORICAL EPIC OF PALACE INTRIGUE, SEXUAL MANIPULATION, AND INTERNATIONAL ESPIONAGE. पेकिंग १९१४. प्रिन्स सू यांच्या सगळ्यात लहान उपस्त्रीची आठ वर्षांची मुलगी ईस्टर्न ज्युवेलने तिच्या वडिलांची त्यांच्या एका नोकराणीशी चाललेली रतिक्रीडा एका कोरीव आडोशामागून चोरून बघितली. त्यानंतर भविष्याच्या कृष्णच्छायांचं मळभच जणू दाटून आलं आणि ईस्टर्न ज्युवेलच्या वादळी आयुष्याचा प्रवास सुरू झाला... ईस्टर्न ज्युवेलचा शरीरसंबंधांमधला चौकसपणा लक्षात आल्यामुळे तिला टोक्योला त्यांच्याच एका दूरच्या नातेवाइकाकडे पाठवून देण्यात आलं. त्यानंतर वैराण आणि बर्फाळ अशा मंगोलियातल्या राजकुमाराशी तिचा तिच्या

An exploration of domestic derangement in the tradition of Daphne Du Maurier's classic Rebecca, that plumbs the depths of sibling rivalry with wit and menace.