{"product_id":"phoenix-crown","title":"Chang Janie: The Phoenix Crown [2024] paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSan Francisco, 1906.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e          \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\u003cbr\u003e          \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\u003cbr\u003e          \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\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Phoenix Crown\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'Impeccably researched, magnificently rendered, and breathlessly paced' JAMIE FORD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\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' MARIE BENEDICT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'Heart-pounding, gasp-out-loud storytelling - \u003cem\u003eThe Phoenix Crown\u003c\/em\u003e is the best book I've read all year' VICTORIA CHRISTOPHER MURRAY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Janie Chang \u0026 Chang, Janie","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47539646169427,"sku":"9780008644543","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/janie-chang-chang-janie-chang-janie-the-phoenix-crown-2024-paperback-9780008644543-54485044003155.jpg?v=1728055576","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/phoenix-crown","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}