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The Bridge of a Hundred Dragons, by Elizabeth Darrell
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Shanghai, 1927.
Major Mark Rawlings is sent to Shanghai to investigate the collapse of an isolated railway bridge.
From the moment Alexandra Mostyn, aspiring painter and emancipated Bright Young Thing of 1920s Shanghai society, literally bumps into Major Rawlings, she starts to learn what it is to suffer.
Mark is haunted by terrible memories of the Russian Civil War and of the beautiful woman he loved and lost.
In Shanghai, he comes under extreme pressure from Alexandra's ruthless father to falsify his report, and at the site of the bridge itself has to contend with a violent colleague, and hostile coolies who believe that the place is protected by legendary dragons.
As Mark struggles to complete the bridge, he has to fight his attraction for Alexandra, who alternately angers and delights him.
With the reappearance in his life of Marie, and aristocratic Russian emigrée, he finds himself painfully torn between the rival claims of his past and present loves.
But personal troubles are swept aside as the three are tragically caught up in the rapid advance of the Kuomintang revolutionary army and violence intrudes shockingly on all their lives.
Based on true accounts and memoirs of the Shanghai emergency of 1927, THE BRIDGE OF A HUNDRED DRAGONS is a gripping story of love, heroism and tortured human relationships set against the background of an exotic and mysterious country. It was originally written under the pen name Emma Drummond.
Praise for Elizabeth Darrell:
‘A wonderful story, compellingly told...the authenticity - both emotional and historical - really shines through’ - Sarah Harrison
Elizabeth Darrell is the penname of Emma Drummond, born in 1931. Her father was a member of the British Army stationed in Hong Kong, where Drummond spent the early years of her life. As well as writing books, she worked in the Women’s Royal Army Corps. Her books include ‘Concerto’, ‘The Savage Sky’ and ‘At the Going Down of the Sun’.
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The Bridge of a Hundred Dragons, by Elizabeth Darrell- Published on: 2015-11-30
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .79" w x 6.00" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 348 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. 3.5 stars - not the greatest from Drummond/Darrell, but still a good solid read By Misfit "Revolution isn't war, it's an expression of national freedom...I know what is seething beneath the surface of this country. When the time comes, the people will rise and take what is rightly theirs."Major Mark Rawlings of the Royal Engineers is ordered to Shanghai to inspect the wreckage of a collapsed railroad bridge. On ship from Hong Kong, he *steps* on the foot of Alexandra (Alex) Mostyn, daughter of a wealthy Shanghai merchant and every inch a liberated woman of the 1920's and the two don't exactly get off on the right foot (pun intended). Mark is a straight shooter and immediately buts heads with Alex's double-dealing father when Mark doesn't provide the white washed report Mostyn expected.Mark has some serious skeletons in his closet, dating back to the time he served in Russia aiding the White Russians against the Red. Mark finds himself being drawn to Alex, as much as he dislikes her wild ways and friends (especially Lionel and his socialist leanings), and Alex very much wants to be the woman who can bury Mark's demons forever. Mark hopes to find the answers he seeks among the White Russian refugees in Shanghai, but he ends up with something very unexpected - will it destroy the love growing between him and Alexandra? Anyhoo, China is a hot bed of intrigues, politics and dirty dealings as Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Army is on the rise and heading straight for Shanghai, and..."When peasant marches against peasant the only really effective result is that the population is markedly decreased. Gregori Petrovich, what happened in Russia is about to happen in China, yet the world stands by."Sorry, but you'll have to read it for yourself to find out, but you'll find plenty of intrigue, treachery and blackmail along with a kidnapping and a hair-raising rescue. I wasn't too warm and fuzzy over Alex's character at first, but once we saw beneath the surface I was rooting for her. Mark is quite the long-suffering hero who has to go through hell and back before he gets that HEA (or does he?). I never knew much about China's revolution except that they'd had one, so that was interesting to *see* some of the events first hand. According to the author's notes her story "was strengthened by the personal reminiscences of two of my uncles, who were amongst those rushed out from England to defend British residence and their property."
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A favorite re-read By Heidi High adventure and romance in an exotic location. But with some unusual dark complexities. I especially liked the unlikely and unusual hero. An honest, perhaps depressed, engineer simply trying to do a good engineering job. (How often does a civil engineer get to be a romantic, adventure hero?) But then his life is complicated by...War, ethical dilemmas, physical endurance, and a ditsy heroine who I grew to like as she learned harsh lessons herself. A gripping story, well told.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Intelligent and moving By Ancient Bookworm Elizabeth Darrell (AKA Emma Drummond) at her best. One critic calls her an "intelligent" author, and her intelligence is obvious in this example of her "Love and War" stories. She gets through the superficial into the basics of human character, and the ending had something to teach this reader. Moving.
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