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Title:
The Phoenix crown : a novel
Summary:
San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage. Their paths cross when they are drawn into the orbit of Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate whose extraordinary collection of Chinese antiques includes the fabled Phoenix Crown, a legendary relic of Beijing’s fallen Summer Palace. His patronage offers Gemma and Suling the chance of a lifetime, but their lives are thrown into turmoil when a devastating earthquake rips San Francisco apart and Thornton disappears, leaving behind a mystery reaching further than anyone could have imagined . . . until the Phoenix Crown reappears five years later at a sumptuous Paris costume ball, drawing Gemma and Suling together in one last desperate quest for justice. -- Amazon.
General Note:
Includes excerpts from The Briar Club by Kate Quinn and The Porcelain Moon by Janie Chang.
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
391 pages ; 21 cm
Author(s):
Publisher:
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
Publication Date:
2024
ISBN:
9780063304734
Publication Information:
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]

©2024
Call Number:
QUINN
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