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Last Days of the Morning Calm

  • ISBN-13: 9789814841306
  • Publisher: MARSHALL CAVENDISH
    Imprint: MARSHALL CAVENDISH INTNL ASIA
  • By Tina Jimin Walton
  • Price: AUD $24.99
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  • Local release date: 12/06/2019
  • Format: Paperback (198.00mm X 130.00mm) 821 pages Weight: 140g
  • Categories: Historical fiction [FV]South Korea [1FPKS]
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Korea, 1895: court intrigue and foreign powers threaten the centuries-old "hermit kingdom". In a prominent manor, Ji-nah, the sheltered fourteen-year-old ward, and Han, the seventeen-year-old servant, are left in the tight grip of Tutor Lim when Master Yi travels to Peking. The tutor strips Ji-nah's privileged life and crushes Han's future. When the two young people uncover the tutor's broader conspiracy with the Japanese to overthrow Queen Min, they determine to save the queen, whose fate seems tied to their master. Their plans go awry when the tutor sells them off as slaves: Ji-nah to the palace and Han to the missionaries. When Ji-nah learns her real identity as the master's daughter and the queen's kinsman, she stakes her life at the palace. Meanwhile, Han adapts to Westerners, learning strange customs that clash with his traditional world views. Ultimately, Han faces the tutor, Ji-nah, the queen, and the two reunite with their master, but Queen Min is assassinated. Despite the fallen kingdom, the two young people find hope in their new roles, determined to rebuild their lives and nation
Tina Jimin Walton is a Korean-American writer living in Singapore. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2016. Tina writes children’s and young adult fiction. She teaches English and writing to teens, and also writes for magazines.
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