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The Straits Quartet

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Box set containing the following The Red Thread (Vol.1) 9789814423595 8.99 The Shallow Seas (Vol.2) 9789814423601 8.99 The Hills of Singapore (Vol.3) 9789814423618 8.99 The English Concubine (Vol.4) 9789814423625 8.99 Drawing on real-life historical personalities and actual places from 19th-century Singapore, author Dawn Farnham brings to life the heady atmosphere of Old Singapore where piracy, crime, triads and tigers are commonplace. This intense and passionate romance follows the struggle of two Charlotte Macleod, sister of Singapore s Head of Police, and Zhen, triad member and once the lowliest of coolies, who beats the odds to become a wealthy Chinese merchant. Opium, murder, incest, suicide, passion and love ... a heady combination in the sin city of the south seas.

1310 pages, Paperback

Published April 28, 2016

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