Penelope Dyan

The Silk Princess Penelope Dyan 1st edition

Travel the Silk Road with three woman as they traverse through life, never meeting, lives intertwining through the history of the Chinese Celestial Empire. Watch the opium swift boats travel down the River of Pearl bearing false witness to all who buy the seed of the poppy that it will bring them happiness and a better life, knowing all the time about the addiction of the mud brought to them from the Western World. Hear the sounds of the Boxer Rebellion as the Chinese people believe that can be saved from the Western guns by swords of steel and Chinese paper dragons. Hear Sun Yet Sun promise a better life through the creation of the Chinese Republic and watch as he gives his power to another. Feel the hope and despair, the love and the fear that has made China who she is today.