The courtesan

Alexandra Curry

earliest edition we have, 2015 Penguin Canada, 2015 paperback 400 pages

Thorndike Press Large Print Historical Fiction

"The year is 1881. Seven-year-old Jinhua is left an orphan, alone and unprotected after her mandarin father's summary execution for the crime of speaking the truth. For seven silver coins, she is sold to a brothel-keeper and subjected to the worst of human nature. Will the private ritual that is her father's legacy and the wise friendship of the crippled brothel maid be enough to sustain her? When an elegant but trou...

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Courtesan edition · 2016 · Twenty7 · 384 pages · 9781785770517
The Courtesan edition · 2016 · Penguin Canada · 9780143193890
Courtesan edition · 2016 · Twenty7 · 384 pages · 9781785770166
Courtesan edition · 2016 · Penguin Publishing Group · 9781101984727
The Courtesan paperback · 2015 · Penguin Canada · 400 pages · 9780143197591
The courtesan edition · 2015 · 378 pages · 9780525955139
The courtesan edition · 2015 · Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning · 525 pages · 9781410483362

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