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100 0 _a Walton, Tina Jimin,
_eauthor.
245 _aLast Days of the Morning Calm /
_cTina Jimin Walton.
264 _aSingapore :
_bMarshall Cavendish International,
_cc2019.
300 _a213 p. ;
_c22 cm.
520 _aKorea, 1895: court intrigue and foreign powers threaten the centuries-old ""hermit kingdom"". In a prominent manor, Ji-nah, the sheltered fourteen-year-old ward, and Han, the seventeen-year-old servant, are left in the tight grip of Tutor Lim when Master Yi travels to Peking. The tutor strips Ji-nah's privileged life and crushes Han's future. When the two young people uncover the tutor's broader conspiracy with the Japanese to overthrow Queen Min, they determine to save the queen, whose fate seems tied to their master. Their plans go awry when the tutor sells them off as slaves: Ji-nah to the
650 _aCultural Heritage Fiction
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