Hong Kong in the nineteenth century: a heady, overwhelming mixture of
worldly commercialism, moral corruption and Eastern tradition.Into this strange and exciting world, on board the S.S. Mongolia comes
Milly Smith, daughter of a Hong Kong tycoon, destined for a marriage of
convenience to a greedy financier. But during the course of her journey
Milly has attracted the attentions of fellow passanger, the wild and dashing
pirate, Eli boggs.Set against a turbulent historical backdrop of Hong Kong's piracy, the slave
trade and the infamous Opium War, The Dreams of Fair Women is a classic
historical adventure from the author of The Rape of the Fair Country.
- ISBN10 070893255X
- ISBN13 9780708932551
- Publish Date March 1995 (first published 25 November 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 February 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher F A Thorpe (Publishers)
- Imprint Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 624
- Language English