The Phoenix crown : a novel / Kate Quinn and Janie Chang.
From bestselling authors Kate Quinn and Janie Chang, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of four wronged women, spanning from Gilded Age New York to the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palace of Versailles.Versailles, 1912. At the height of an intoxicating Paris summer, a mysterious American millionaire attends a sumptuous costume ball with his bride, on whom he has bestowed the legendary Phoenix Crowna priceless relic of Beijings fallen Summer Palace. The party of the century kicks off with three hundred guests, nine hundred bottles of champagneand one quest for justice that spans two continents and six years.San Francisco, 1906. In a bustling city of newly minted millionaires and hopeful upstarts, four very different women cross paths: a resourceful Chinatown embroideress desperately searching for her lost love, a silver-voiced soprano who performs alongside Enrico Caruso, a mysteriously disappeared artist, and an independent female botanist obsessed with collecting a rare flower that only blooms at night. One man seemingly holds the key to their questions: Henry Thornton, the charming railroad magnate whose extraordinary collection of Chinese antiques includes the Phoenix Crown.The womens lives are thrown into chaos when the San Francisco earthquake rips the city apart and Thornton disappears . . . leaving a mystery in his wake that reaches further than anyone could have imagined.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063339972 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 391 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
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Genre: | Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. |
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- 10 of 36 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Fort St. James Public Library | QUI (Text) | 35196001037014 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
100 Mile House Branch | QUI (Text) | 33923006648954 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Beaver Valley Public Library | F QUI (Text) | 35144000265558 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-05-28 |
Big Lake Branch | QUI (Text) | 33923006668531 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | In process | - |
Castlegar Public Library | VAN58834311148420 (Text) | BCD58834311148420 | On Order | Volume hold | On order | - |
Creston Public Library | FIC QUI (Text)
Acquisition Type: New |
35140100133175 | New Books Display | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-05-30 |
Elkford Public Library | FC QUI (Text) | 35170000482927 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-05-28 |
Fort St. John Public Library | AF QUI (Text) | 35211000618001 | ADULT Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Gibsons Public Library | BOOK CLUB QUIN (Text) | 30886000924940 | Book Club Sets | Volume hold | Available | - |
Gibsons Public Library | BOOK CLUB QUIN (Text) | 30886000924957 | Book Club Sets | On holds shelf | - |