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enlarge cover The Empress Letters by Linda Rogers Novel ISBN: 978-1-896951-80-5 5.5" x 8.5" Trade Paper with French Flaps $22.95 270 pages BISAC Codes FIC 019000 Fiction/Literary FIC 014000 Fiction/Historical

The Empress Letters by Linda Rogers “The Empress Letters manages to capture all the fantasy of early 20th century Victoria and also reveal the darkly class-ridden, racist, and narcotics-driven substructure on which the fantasy rests...Rogers gets top marks for the atmosphere she creates.” —Quill & Quire In a series of letters written while on board the Empress of Asia, en route from Victoria to Shanghai, Poppy von Stronheim Mandeville explains the secret history of her family to her daughter, Precious. From the activities of her opium and rum smuggling mother, to the truth behind Precious’ conception, Poppy must unravel the secrets that her mother kept from her, and that Poppy has until now kept from Precious. A world of lies, etiquette and whispers, The Empress Letters shows both the fantasy and dark reality of Victoria in the early 20th century. [download reader's guide] About Linda Rogers.