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The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure
The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure
Adam Williams
A group of foreigners in the provincial Chinese town of Shishan find the status quo upset when the young middle-class Helen Frances arrives and falls in love with the Hon Henry Manners. But while she tries to resist betraying her solid but dull fiance, the Boxer rebellion threatens them all.
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Summary
A group of foreigners in the northeastern town of Shishan finds the status quo upset when Helen Frances, a young woman with a middle class upbringing but a fatal flaw, arrives and falls in love with the Hon Henry Manners.
The most astonishing range of characters awaits you in this novel; the wicked brothel-keeper Madam Liu and her sadistic son Ren Ren; the pragmatic missionary Dr Airton, the American zealot Septimus Harding, the equivocal Mandarin. Not to mention the wonderfully complicated anti-hero Henry Manners, the prostitutes Fan Yimei and Shen Ping, the Mongolian shaman. And the ingenue, Helen Frances herself, whose innocence covers an unorthodox curiosity.
Product Description
Title - The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure
Edition -
Author - Adam Williams
ISBN 13 - 9780340827864
Imprint - Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Publisher - Hodder & Stoughton
Date Published - 11/08/2003
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No. of pages -
Binding Type - Hardback
Dimensions - 165 x 50 x 239mm
Weight - 1037 g
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