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Author Curry, Alexandra.

Title The courtesan : a novel / Alexandra Curry.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Dutton, [2015]

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Location Call No. Public Note Status
 Davis Adult Fiction  FIC CURRY    CHECK SHELVES
Description xi, 378 pages ; 24 cm
Content type text rdacontent
Format volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-378).
Contents Autumn begins -- Art of the bedchamber -- Facing Madam Hong -- Palais Kinsky -- Hall of midsummer dreams -- The courtesan's child.
Summary "The year is 1881. Seven-year-old Jinhua is left an orphan, alone and unprotected after her Mandarin father's summary execution for the crime of speaking the truth. For seven silver coins, she is sold to a brothel-keeper and subjected to the worst of human nature. Will the private ritual that is her father's legacy and the wise friendship of the crippled brothel maid be enough to sustain her? When an elegant but troubled scholar takes Jinhua as his concubine, she enters the close world of his jealous first wife. Yet it is Jinhua who accompanies him--as Emissary to the foreign devil nations of Prussia, Austro-Hungary, and Russia--on an exotic journey to Vienna"--Amazon.com.
Subject Saijinhua, 1874-1936 -- Fiction.
Orphans -- Fiction.
Courtesans -- Fiction.
Self-realization in women -- Fiction.
China -- History -- 1861-1912 -- Fiction.
Vienna (Austria) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
ISBN 9780525955139