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City of Broken Promises

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The city is Macao, the Portuguese settlement on the China Coast, as it was more than 200 years ago. The promises are those made by Englishmen to marry their Macao mistresses, only to leave them aba...
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Price: £15.00
Pages: 313
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Series: Echoes: Classics of Hong Kong Culture and History
Publication Date: 01 August 2009
Trim Size: 7.60 X 5.10 in
ISBN: 9789622090767
Format: Paperback
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"This is a beautifully written novel, focusing upon a largely forgotten world of shuttered passions and tragic alliances. Martha Merop is surely one of the great characters of fiction, rising above personal tragedy in her determination to send her name in