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Название книги: The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria
Автор(ы): Laura Rowland
Жанр: Детектив
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Pillow-Book-of-Lady-Wisteria-161285.html
The seventh book in the Sano Ichiro series, 2002To my editor, Hope Dellon, for her keen perception and wise advice.My heartfelt thanks to her and everyone else at St. Martin’s Press.
JapanGenroku Period, Year 6, Month 11(December 1693)Prologue
“Virtuous men have said, both in poetry and classic works, that houses of debauch, for women of pleasure and for street-walkers, are the worm-eaten spots of cities and towns. But these are necessary evils, and if they be forcibly abolished, men of unrighteous principles will become like raveled thread.”– FROM THE SEVENTY-THIRD SECTION OF THE LEGACY OF THE FIRST TOKUGAWA SHOGUNNorthwest of the great capital of Edo, isolated among marshes and rice paddies, the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter adorned the winter night like a flashy jewel. Its lights formed a bright, smoky halo above the high walls; the moon’s reflection shimmered silver on the encircling moat. Inside the quarter, colored lanterns blazed along the eaves of the teahouses and brothe
Название книги: The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria
Автор(ы): Laura Rowland
Жанр: Детектив
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Pillow-Book-of-Lady-Wisteria-161285.html
The seventh book in the Sano Ichiro series, 2002To my editor, Hope Dellon, for her keen perception and wise advice.My heartfelt thanks to her and everyone else at St. Martin’s Press.
JapanGenroku Period, Year 6, Month 11(December 1693)Prologue
“Virtuous men have said, both in poetry and classic works, that houses of debauch, for women of pleasure and for street-walkers, are the worm-eaten spots of cities and towns. But these are necessary evils, and if they be forcibly abolished, men of unrighteous principles will become like raveled thread.”– FROM THE SEVENTY-THIRD SECTION OF THE LEGACY OF THE FIRST TOKUGAWA SHOGUNNorthwest of the great capital of Edo, isolated among marshes and rice paddies, the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter adorned the winter night like a flashy jewel. Its lights formed a bright, smoky halo above the high walls; the moon’s reflection shimmered silver on the encircling moat. Inside the quarter, colored lanterns blazed along the eaves of the teahouses and brothe
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