The 1913 London wedding of Captain the Honourable Geoffrey Barrington and Miss Asako Fujinami is the sensation of the season. Their honeymoon carries them east to Nagasaki, across Japan and into Tokyo society, where family secrets, the world of the geisha and the expectations of two cultures put the marriage under strain.
A sharp-eyed novel of 1921 by a British diplomat who knew Japan well; its views of race and culture are those of its day. Download the free EPUB.