The Concubine of Shanghai

by Hong Ying

China, 1907. Sixteen-year-old orphan Cassia is sold by her aunt to a brothel. There, she works as a lowly maid for Madame Emerald until a powerful and dangerous client plucks her from obscurity.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714531502
• ISBN13: 9780714531502
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

traveling mad bomber review

what a great book. I've traveled for 30 years in and out of China and Hong Ying really evokes the China and Shanghai I have known. Well-written, nice verse, easy read, historical, interesting, emotional. fine work.