Silk
General fiction, Historical fiction, Movie and television tie-ins, Romance
Human-narrated audio
Summary
France, 1861. When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, Herve Joncour (a young silkworm breeder) has to travel overland to distant Japan, out of bounds to foreigners, to smuggle out healthy silkworms. In the course… of his secret negotiations with the local baron, Joncour's attention is arrested by the man's concubine. Although they are unable to exchange so much as a word, love blossoms between them, a love that is conveyed in a number of recondite messages. Descriptions of sex. 2006.
Title Details
ISBN
9781841958354
Publisher
Canongate
Copyright Date
2006
Book number
2419183
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Lucy Scott
Duration
1 hours 59 minutes 4 seconds
Audio producer
Royal National Institute of the Blind.