Japan, 1865, the women''s palace in the great city of Edo.
Bristling with intrigue and erotic rivalries, the palace is home to three thousand women and only one man - the young shogun. Sachi, a beautiful fifteen-year-old girl, is chosen to be his concubine.
But Japan is changing, and as civil war erupts, Sachi flees for her lifeRescued by a rebel warrior, she finds unknown feelings stirring within her; but this is a world in which private passions have no place and there is not even a word for ''love''.
Before she dare dream of a life with him, Sachi must uncover the secret of her own origins - a secret that encompasses a wrong so terrible that it threatens to destroy her ....
Format |
Häftad |
Omfång |
624 sidor |
Språk |
Engelska |
Förlag |
Transworld Publishers Ltd |
Utgivningsdatum |
2009-02-12 |
ISBN |
9780552155205 |