Tanamera Author:Noel Barber The spellbinding story of two lovers and two great dynasties: one British, the other Chinese, of the society that separated them and the passion that bound them together. Tanamera sweeps from the steamy, British-ruled Malaya of the 1930s, through the bloody days of the Japanese occupation, to the tumultuous birth of a new nation.&... more »nbsp; At the centre, is John Dexter, heir to a fabulous financial empire, and Julie Soong, daughter of Singapore's richest and most powerful Chinese family. Their love is as inevitable as it is forbidden -- and the price they are to pay is beyond their wildest imaginings... « less
Great historical fiction. In fact the previoous book "A Woman of Cairo" by Noel Barber got me looki9ng for his books. These book are a good way to learn something about history for me. I really enjoyed this book.