The year is 1853, and a young Japanese girl's world is about to be turned upside down....

Only one woman can save her world from barbarian invasion but to do so will mean sacrificing ever...

From critically acclaimed author and Japanese scholar Lesley Downer, an enchanting portrait of th...

Japan, 1865, the women''s palace in the great city of Edo. Bristling with intri...

1868. In Japan's exotic pleasure quarters, sex is for sale and the only forbidden fruit is love ....

'A persuasive storyteller and the setting is mesmerising' Antonia Senior, The Times______________...

Two cultures. One man and one woman. One moment in time. Cultures collide when Okichi, a beautifu...

In the brave new Japan of the 1870s, Taka and Nobu meet as children and fall in love; but t...

Japonia, 1853. Crescută în rândul samurailor din clanul Satsuma, apriga, frumoasa și încăpățân...

After eight years working in Japan, immersing herself in its language and literature, Lesley Chan...