Russian Concubine #02: Russian Concubine, The

Russian Concubine #02: Russian Concubine, The
Kate Furnivall
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Paperback
h198 x 126mm - 608pg
1 Nov 2007 UK
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9780751540420
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A sweeping novel set in war-torn China, with a star-crossed love story at its centre. Junchow, China, 1928. Lydia Ivanova has a fierce spirit. Nothing can dim it, not even the foul waters of the Peiho River. Into the river's grime bodies are tossed - those of thieves and Communists alike. So every time Lydia steals from someone to feed herself and her mother, she takes her life into her own hands. Lydia's mother, Valentina, numbered among the Russian elite until the Bolsheviks rounded them up. They took her husband but she managed to buy back her child and bring her to China. But survival is hard. Even though mother and daughter live in the Whites-only settlement, no walls can keep Lydia in. She escapes to meet Chang An Lo, who saves her life once and is bound to her forever. But Chang has enemies who are hunting him down - Chiang Kai Shek's troops are headed towards Junchow to kill Reds like him. Their all-consuming love can only mean danger for them both, but they are powerless to end it.

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'Wonderful ... a gripping love story ... A hugely ambitious and atmospheric epic novel' Kate Mosse, author of LABYRINTH ** 'The Russian Concubine is a great story of love, loss and conflicting loyalties in a fascinatingly precarious moment of history. 'Wonderful ... a gripping love story ... A hugely ambitious and atmospheric epic novel' Kate Mosse, author of LABYRINTH 'The Russian Concubine is a great story of love, loss and conflicting loyalties in a fascinatingly precarious moment of history. The wonderfully drawn and all-too-human characters struggle to survive in a world of danger and bewildering change, constantly choosing whether to embrace the past or to escape it, caught between cultures, ideologies - and the growing realization that only the frail reed of love is strong enough to withstand the destroying winds of time' Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series ** 'I won't fill my precious space with a mass of superlatives, but suffice to say this is my pick of the month ... It is an epic romance adventure, relentlessly paced with a fabulous cast of characters, [and] a wonderfully atmospheric setting ... Little, Brown has a winner' Bookseller
Kate Furnivall lives in Wales. This is her first novel.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780751540420
Published: 1 Nov 2007
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Sphere
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 126mm
Pages: 608
Dewey: 823.92

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