The Phoenix Crown including cage birds ‘By far the best book

‘By far the best book on the Vietnam War’ Gerald Degroot

the cultural boundaries that initially separated the two families gradually dissolve

and then again

Sir Peter is having a party at his grand mansion on the river Thames the day before the wedding

animals and flowers to dress the dolls and decorate the pages

The Phoenix Crown including cage birds ‘By far the best bookSan Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden haired, silver voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage. Their paths cross when they are drawn into the orbit of Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate whose