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Sword and Blossom
- A British Officer's Enduring Love for a Japanese Woman
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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Sword and Blossom
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Publisher's Summary
Arthur Hart-Synnot, a third-generation British officer, was sent to Japan in 1904 to learn the language of Britain's newest ally. Masa Suzuki, a beautiful Japanese woman scorned because of an early divorce, worked at the Tokyo Officers' Club. The two fell immediately in love and conceived a son before Arthur was whisked away by the military during World War I. Though Arthur would only see Masa little, he supported his Japanese family and kept alive the hope that he and Masa could live together blissfully.
Revealed in this story of a passion that endured three wars is not only one couple's personal history, but the history of two completely different cultures.
What the critics say
"This is grand history on a human scale, vivid and sweeping." (Library Journal)