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Browse lesley downers bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. The novel isnt bad its clearly been well researched and there are some exciting parts, but to me, the storyline seemed weak and the characters and certain plots werent as well developed as they could have been. Spotlight on historical fiction author lesley downer. The courtesan and the samurai by lesley downer waterstones. Inspired by real historical events, the courtesan and the samurai blends fact and fiction, suspense and sensuality in an epic story of love at a time of war. The courtesan and the samurai audiobook on cd, 2011. That all changed when takeko nakano and her sister, yuko. But it was japan, not china, that proved the more alluring. Lee the courtesan and the samurai the shogun quartet, book 3 por lesley downer disponible en rakuten kobo. She lives in london, but returns to japan at least once a year. Jun 28, 2011 lesley downers mother was chinese and her father a professor of chinese, so she grew up in a house full of books on asia. The courtesan and the samurai by lesley downer paperback.
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