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The Concubine of Shanghai

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Publisher's Synopsis

China, 1907. Sixteen-year-old orphan Cassia is sold by her aunt to a brothel. There, she works as a lowly maid for Madame Emerald until a powerful and dangerous client plucks her from obscurity.

Master Chang is the boss of the fearsome Shanghai Triad and he always gets what he wants. Despite her unbound feet and breasts, Cassia swiftly becomes Chang's favourite mistress. He showers her with luxuries as he embarks on her sexual awakening.

But Chang's world is violent and precarious, and those such as Cassia who depend on him are bound to his fate . . .

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Book information

ISBN: 9780241950678
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books
Pub date:
Edition: Reprint
DEWEY: 895.1352
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 286g
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Spine width: 25mm