The Peony Lantern
The spellbinding new historical novel from multi-award-winning Australian author Frances Watts
Ages 12+
When Kasumi leaves her remote village for the teeming city of Edo, her life is transformed. As a lady-in-waiting in a samurai mansion she discovers a rare talent for art and falls in love with a young samurai. How could she ever return to the life of a simple mountain girl?
But Kasumi must set aside her own concerns. Her country is on the brink of change and Edo is simmering with tension. And her mistress has a dangerous secret-a secret that Kasumi is gradually drawn into...
Set against the vivid backdrop of nineteenth-century Japan, THE PEONY LANTERN is a powerful story of art, love and friendship, and finding your own path.
- Author
- Frances Watts
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 289
- Publisher
- ABC Books
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780733332920
- Genres
- historical, asia, japan
- Release date
- 2015
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