Read by Jonathan Aris and Paula Wilcox. Unabridged. Compact discs.
Summary:
Dispatched to the influential Japanese port of Dejima in 1799, ambitious clerk Jacob de Zoet resolves to earn enough money to deserve his wealthy fiancâee, an effort that is challenged by his relationship with the midwife daughter of a samurai.
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