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AN ELECTRIFYING EPIC, BASED ON THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF A CHINESE PRINCESS TURNED SPY. PEKING, 1914. WHEN THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PRINCESS EASTERN JEWEL IS CAUGHT SPYING ON HER FATHER’S LIAISON WITH A SERVANT GIRL, SHE IS BANISHED FROM THE PALACE, SENT TO LIVE WITH A POWERFUL FAMILY IN JAPAN. RENAMED YOSHIKO KAWASHIMA, SHE QUICKLY FALLS IN LOVE WITH HER ADOPTIVE COUNTRY, WHERE SHE EARNS A SCANDALOUS REPUTATION, TAKING FENCING LESSONS, SMOKING OPIUM, AND ENTERTAINING NUMEROUS LOVERS. SENT TO MONGOLIA TO BECOME AN OBEDIENT WIFE, YOSHIKO MOUNTS A DARING ESCAPE AND EVENTUALLY FINDS HER WAY BACK TO PEKING HIGH SOCIETY—THIS TIME WITH ORDERS FROM THE JAPANESE SECRET SERVICE. BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF A REBELLIOUS WOMAN WHO EARNED A CONTROVERSIAL PLACE IN HISTORY, THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF EASTERN JEWEL IS A VIBRANT REIMAGINING OF A THRILLING LIFE—A RICH HISTORICAL EPIC OF PALACE INTRIGUE, SEXUAL MANIPULATION, AND INTERNATIONAL ESPIONAGE.
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