The forty days;: A novel

Wynd, Oswald

Literature & Fiction

Collins

In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie sets sail for China to marry her betrothed, a military attachE in Peking. But soon after her arrival, Mary falls into an adulterous affair with a young Japanese nobleman, scandalizing the British community. Casting her out of the European community, her compatriots tear her away from her small daughter. A woman abandoned and alone, Mary learns to survive over forty tumultuous years in Asia, including two world wars and the cataclysmic Tokyo earthquake of 1923.

The Ginger Tree

Genre Fiction

Harper&Row

In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie sets sail for China to marry her betrothed, a military attaché in Peking. But soon after her arrival, Mary falls into an adulterous affair with a young Japanese nobleman, scandalizing the British community. Casting her out of the European community, her compatriots tear her away from her small daughter. A woman abandoned and alone, Mary learns to survive over forty tumultuous years in Asia, including two world wars and the cataclysmic Tokyo earthquake of 1923.

Literary

Harper Perennial Modern Classics

The ginger tree

A bestseller in England, this bittersweet story of love and betrayal in the Far East is the source of the Masterpiece Theatre miniseries.

Contemporary

Perennial

Story about 1200 American and British prisoners be held in a hold area of a sub by the Japanese. The events that took place over 40 days.

The forty days

Harcourt, Brace. Jovanovich

The hawser pirates

Cassell

In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie sets sail for China to marry her betrothed, a military attachÉ in Peking. But soon after her arrival, Mary falls into an adulterous affair with a young Japanese nobleman, scandalizing the British community. Casting her out of the European community, her compatriots tear her away from her small daughter. A woman abandoned and alone, Mary learns to survive over forty tumultuous years in Asia, including two world wars and the cataclysmic Tokyo earthquake of 1923.

Romance

Ballantine Books

Over a period of forty years, beginning in 1903, a Scottish woman marries a British military attache in Peking, becomes passionately involved with a Japanese military aristocrat, and proves herself to be an extremely successful businesswoman

The Ginger Tree (U)

Humor & Satire

Ulverscroft

In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie sets sail for China to marry her betrothed, a military attaché in Peking. But soon after her arrival, Mary falls into an adulterous affair with a young Japanese nobleman, scandalizing the British community. Casting her out of the European community, her compatriots tear her away from her small daughter. A woman abandoned and alone, Mary learns to survive over forty tumultuous years in Asia, including two world wars and the cataclysmic Tokyo earthquake of 1923.

Borgo Pr

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The forty days;: A novel

The Ginger Tree

The Ginger Tree

The Ginger Tree

The forty days

The hawser pirates

The hawser pirates

The Ginger Tree

The Ginger Tree (U)

The Ginger Tree