Lesley Downer
The Courtesan and the Samurai
Editors' choice
Hana is a true Samurai wife, enduring humiliation and beatings at the hands of her husband without complaint. Her first…
The Courtesan and the Samurai
Editors' choice
Hana is a true Samurai wife, enduring humiliation and beatings at the hands of her husband without complaint. Her first…
The Last Concubine
The Last Concubine is set in Japan in the mid-1860s at the time of the Civil War, the coming of…
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