From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles.
San 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 extraordinary collection of Chinese antiques includes the fabled Phoenix Crown, a legendary relic of Beijing’s fallen Summer Palace.
His patronage offers Gemma and Suling the chance of a lifetime, but their lives are thrown into turmoil when a devastating earthquake rips San Francisco apart and Thornton disappears, leaving behind a mystery reaching further than anyone could have imagined . . . until the Phoenix Crown reappears five years later at a sumptuous Paris costume ball, drawing Gemma and Suling together in one last desperate quest for justice.
Author Info
KATE QUINN es la autora de ficción histórica más vendida en las listas de The New York Times, y del USA Today,. Originaria del sur de California, estudió en la Universidad de Boston, donde realizó su licenciatura y un máster en Letras Clásicas. Aficionada durante toda su vida a la historia, escribió una saga sobre la Roma Clásica y dos libros ambientados en el Renacimiento italiano, antes de volcar su atención en el siglo xx y alcanzar su gran éxito internacional (más de un millón de ejemplares vendidos) con La red de Alice, y El código Rosa. Kate y su esposo viven en San Diego con sus tres perros adoptados.
Janie Chang is the Globe and Mail bestselling author of historical fiction. Born in Taiwan, Janie Chang has lived in the Philippines, Iran, Thailand, New Zealand, and Canada. Her novels often draw from family history and ancestral stories. She has a degree in computer science and is a graduate of the Writer’s Studio Program at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of Three Souls, Dragon SpringsRoad, The Library of Legends, The Porcelain Moon;and co-author of The Phoenix Crown, with Kate Quinn.