Author: Jesse, F. Tennyson, new introduction by Joanna Colenbrander,
Title: The Lacquer Lady.
Description: NY, Virago, (1979). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. First published in 1929 this story by the great-niece of Alfred Lord Tennyson was based on a true historical event. A young. daughter of a neer-do-well merchant & a Burmese woman, Fanny becomes a favorite of the Burmese queen & has a reckless love affair with a French adventurer thus changing the destiny of the Burmese kingdom. Tennyson was one of the few women to report from the front during WWI.

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