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  Red Lotus: A Rare Beauty. A Fierce Heart. A Destiny She Must Resist. (Paperback) By (author) Pai Kit Fai

  

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  Short Description for Red LotusA wonderfully evocative epic novel in the bestselling tradition of Memoirs of a Geisha. Beautifully written and exquisitely told, Red Lotus is the captivating tale of forbidden love, passion and courage.
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  • Publisher: Sphere
  • Published: 01 October 2009
  • Format: Paperback 496 pages
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  • Categories: Historical Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9781847440617 ISBN 10: 1847440614
  • Sales rank: 658,834

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• Yip Mann, an elderly spice farmer, should have known better than to purchase a fifteen-year-old cherry-girl as his concubine, especially one beautiful enough to be seen as Ch'ien Gum - comparable to a thousand pieces of gold. But surely he deserves such a plaything to give him the last of his sons. To Yip Mann's dismay, the wilful concubine dies bearing him a worthless girl-child. After her death he must make use of the girl as best he can: by binding her feet in the forbidden practice of the Golden Lotus, he can sell her for a higher price. But the daughter he names Li-Xia - Beautiful One - has the fighting spirit of her rebellious mother, escaping the crippling bandages: she knows her feet will be her freedom. And when they lead her into the path of a mysterious 'foreign devil', Li-Xia takes the first steps on a new and perilous journey ...