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The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel, Paperback / softback Book

The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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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. पकिग १९१४. परिनस स याचया सगळयात लहान उपसतरीची आठ वरषाची मलगी ईसटरन जयवलन तिचया वडिलाची तयाचया एका नोकराणीशी चाललली रतिकरीडा एका कोरीव आडोशामागन चोरन बघितली. तयानतर भविषयाचया कषणचछायाच मळभच जण दाटन आल आणि ईसटरन जयवलचया वादळी आयषयाचा परवास सर झाला... ईसटरन जयवलचा शरीरसबधामधला चौकसपणा लकषात आलयामळ तिला टोकयोला तयाचयाच एका दरचया नातवाइकाकड पाठवन दणयात आल. तयानतर वराण आणि बरफाळ अशा मगोलियातलया राजकमाराशी तिचा तिचया इचछविरदध विवाह करन दणयात आला. वारवार एकटपणामळ तिला असवसथ करणार चमतकारिक आभास आणि तशीच द:सवपन पड लागली; पण ती सवभावत:च धीट, बडखोर आणि कोणाचयाही, कमीत कमी परषाचया तरी वरचसवाखाली राहणयाची तयारी नसलली अशी होती. शाघायचया झगमगतया शहरात तिन तिचया धाडसी सवभावाचा उपयोग जपानसाठी गपतहरगिरी करणयात कला. तयासाठी तिन सवत:ची चिनी वशपरपरा आणि तिला एककाळी ज ज परिय होत, तया तया सगळयाला तिलाजली दिली. 'द परायवहट पपरस ऑफ इसटरन जयवल' ही अतिशय वादळी, बहरगी, दसर महायदध आणि तीन दशाचया पाशरवभमीवर घडलली सतयकथा आह.

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