The Courtesan and the Samurai : The Shogun Quartet, Book 3

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Forbidden love in Japan's pleasure-quarters.

This book appeals to those interested in historical romance novels, specifically set in Japan during the late 1800s. The main focus of the story is the courtesan and samurai's forbidden love, which is set against the backdrop of a Japan that's transitioning from feudalism to modernity. Readers will enjoy the complex characters and the tension created by their secrets.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Courtesan and the Samurai : The Shogun Quartet, Book 3

Regular price $11.98
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ISBN: 9780552155328
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $16.79
Authors: Lesley Downer
Publisher: Corgi Books
Date of Publication: 2011-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Romance
Goodreads rating: 3.5
(rated by 981 readers)

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1868. In Japan's exotic pleasure quarters, sex is for sale and the only forbidden fruit is love ...Hana is just seventeen when her husband goes to war, leaving her alone and vulnerable. When enemy soldiers attack her house she flees across the shattered city of Tokyo and takes refuge in the Yoshiwara, its famous pleasure-quarters.There she is forced to become a courtesan.Yozo, brave, loyal and a brilliant swordsman, is pledged to the embattled shogun. He sails to the frozen north to join his rebel comrades for a desperate last stand. Defeated, he makes his way south to the only place where a man is beyond the reach of the law - the Yoshiwara.There in the Nightless City where three thousand courtesans mingle with geishas and jesters, the battered fugitive meets the beautiful courtesan. But each has a secret so terrible that once revealed it will threaten their very lives ...
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Forbidden love in Japan's pleasure-quarters.

This book appeals to those interested in historical romance novels, specifically set in Japan during the late 1800s. The main focus of the story is the courtesan and samurai's forbidden love, which is set against the backdrop of a Japan that's transitioning from feudalism to modernity. Readers will enjoy the complex characters and the tension created by their secrets.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.