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Troth Montgomery, daughter of a Chinese mother and Scottish father, meets and falls in love with viscount and adventurer Kyle Rebourne after he persuades her to act as guide on a dangerous journey into the heart of China, but he is captured and condemned to death, and after a hasty prison cell marriage, Troth travels to England where she attempts to rebuild her life.
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Captain David Blackwood is embroiled in the Boxer Rebellion. Ordered to escort a beautiful German countess on a dangerous journey up the Hoshun River, Blackwood sees death and slaughter unlike anything he has known. Finally, standing before the walls of Tientsin, he must hold on against a torrent of frenzied Chinese warriors.
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"A novel of love and betrayal set during a cholera epidemic from the acclaimed British author of Of Human Bondage , "a great artist, a genius" (Theodore Dreiser). "[Theodore Dreiser] is the modern writer who has influenced me the most." -- George Orwell Arriving in Hong Kong in the 1920s, newlywed Kitty Fane soon learns that being the wife of a British government bacteriologist gives her no particular social status. It only adds to her dissatisfaction...
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