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Blue Dress Girl
Blue Dress Girl | E V Thompson
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When a Chinese peasant girl is chosen as a concubine to Li Hung, Chief Customs Officer for the bustling port of Canton, her parents tell her it is a great honor--but the seedy reality is far from honorable. After an incident with a lecherous British trader she is sent away and is injured during the voyage when a British man-o'-war fires at the junk in which she is traveling. Second Lieutenant Kernow Keats, a Royal Marine from the man-o'-war, boards the junk and, moved by the plight of the fragile young girl, makes arrangements to take her to a mission hospital in Hong Kong where their romance blossoms. However, a love affair between a British officer and a Chinese peasant girl is unthinkable in 1857, and when Kernow becomes inextricably involved in the vicious war being waged by the Chinese Taiping rebels it seems their love is doomed. From the author of Chase the Wind and Though the Heavens May Fall this beautifully told saga is majestically woven around the lives of two people, discovering unexpected feelings in unfamiliar territory.
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youcanneverreadtomuch
Blue Dress Girl | E V Thompson
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Mehso-so

A good concept but I am getting sick of the whole white guy saves the strong woman troupe. Strong women can save themselves. #beyourownhero

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TheEllieMo
Blue Dress Girl | E V Thompson
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My mum has quite a few E V Thompson books when I was younger, and I read a few, though I have to say I don‘t recall this one - I think it came out after I‘d gone to Uni #TheBlueDress #SoaringScores
@Cinfhen @CrowCAH

CrowCAH The sounds like it has a lot of conflict, not only the countries at war, but a forbidden romance. 5y
Cinfhen Not familiar with this author. Are her books mostly romance?? 5y
TheEllieMo @Cinfhen the author is a he! His books are mostly sweeping historical sagas, I remember reading the Retallick family series when I was younger. 5y
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Cinfhen Ha! I assumed a female author😜so like a Jeffrey Archer or Ken Follett??? I love that word “sweeping”, I used to love those type of novels before #PageCountPhobia set in 😂 5y
TheEllieMo @Cinfhen I suspect he used his initials so as not to put off a female audience. His novels are closer to Catherine Cookson than Archer or Follett. 5y
Cinfhen Haven‘t read Catherine Cookson 🤷🏼‍♀️ 5y
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