{"product_id":"the-phoenix-crown","title":"The Phoenix Crown","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unforgettable story about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSan 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUntil 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Phoenix Crown\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Impeccably researched, magnificently rendered, and breathlessly paced’\u003c\/em\u003e — Jamie Ford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Seamless, page-turning masterpiece of history and suspense – shot through with women rising up from the margins of society to claim their own singular futures, I could not put this triumphant novel down’\u003c\/em\u003e — Marie Benedict\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Heart-pounding, gasp-out-loud storytelling – \u003cem\u003eThe Phoenix Crown\u003c\/em\u003e is the best book I’ve read all year’\u003c\/em\u003e — Victoria Christopher Murray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Lushly detailed, richly imagined, and utterly satisfying, \u003cem\u003eThe Phoenix Crown\u003c\/em\u003e will entrance readers'\u003c\/em\u003e — Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Action-packed, this novel skillfully uses its strong female leads to examine racism, sexism, and classism. Readers won't want to put this one down'\u003c\/em\u003e — Historical Novel Society\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'[A] seamless collaboration of two terrific novelists'\u003c\/em\u003e — The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45747702989036,"sku":"9780008644550","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780008644550.jpg?v=1726705309","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-phoenix-crown","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}