The courtesan
Courtesans
Self-realization in women
Diplomacy
China, fiction
Self-realization
Orphans
Manners and customs
Fiction, historical, general
Social life and customs
History
Fiction
"The year is 1881. Seven-year-old Jinhua is left an orphan, alone and unprotected after her mandarin father's summary execution for the crime of speaking the truth. For seven silver coins, she is sold to a brothel-keeper and subjected to the worst of human nature. Will the private ritual that is her…
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