A riveting historical mystery – the second in the Akitada series – set amid the exquisite ritual and refined treachery of eleventh century JapanFrom the author of The Dragon Scroll comes an ingenious new novel of murder and malfeasance in...
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Product DescriptionIn the tempestuous closing years of the twelfth century, the fourteen-year-old Oba Toshiko, daughter of a provincial warlord, enters the women’s quarters of Emperor Go-Shirakawa, her body bartered for favor at court....
A guide and companion for the Akitada Series from author Ingrid J. Parker including background, synopsis, character descriptions and pronunciation tips to help you follow murder and malfeasance set amid the exquisite ritual and refined treachery of...
Автор: Parker Ingrid J
Серия: Akitada Mysteries #13
Язык: английский
Год: 2015
Статус: Закончена
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A.D. 1030. Senior Secretary Sugawara Akitada is recovering from a knife wound and still reeling from the loss of his wife. When the Council of State orders an investigation of the claims of two warring temples, he is sent to Otsu to clear up the...
Автор: Parker Ingrid J
Серия: Akitada Mysteries #10
Язык: английский
Статус: Закончена
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She was intended to be the emperor’s concubine, but she died at the bottom of a cliff near Prince Atsuhira’s private villa. The palace covered up the scandal. Months later, Akitada is drawn into the case when his best friend is accused of...
The Incense...
Автор: Parker Ingrid J
Серия: Akitada Mysteries #12
Язык: английский
Год: 2014
Статус: Закончена
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After the loss of his wife and newborn son, Akitada returns home, ostensibly to care for his motherless children, but really to withdraw from the world into his grief. When his friends and family join in an effort to draw him out of his seclusion by...
Автор: Parker Ingrid J
Серия: Akitada Mysteries #5
Язык: английский
Год: 2008
Статус: Закончена
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Eleventh-century Japan: After a difficult but successful assignment as provisional governor of Eichigo, Akitada Sugawara is finally allowed to return to Heian Kyo. But instead of a triumphant homecoming accompanied by his beautiful wife and young...