Silk

Description:

France, 1861. When an epidemic threatens to wipe out the silk trade in France, silkworm breeder Herve Joncour has to travel overland to distant Japan, out of bounds to foreigners, to smuggle out healthy silkworms. In the course of his secret negotiations with the local baron, Joncour's attention is arrested by the man's concubine, a girl who does not have oriental eyes. Although they are unable to exchange so much as a word, love blossoms between them.

subjects: Novela italiana,  Fiction,  Travel,  French,  Italian,  History,  Romance,  Self-discovery,  Silk industry,  Fiction, romance, historical,  Japan, fiction,  Fiction, romance, general,  Literature,  Cuentos de amor,  Industria y comercio,  Historia,  Seda,  Ficción,  Cuentos eróticos,  Comerciantes,  Ehefrau,  Kaufmann,  Seidenraupe,  Verlieben,  Junge Frau,  Ehemann,  Belletristische Darstellung,  Distanz,  Social life and customs,  Manners and customs,  Fiction, romance, historical, general,  Romance literature,  France, fiction,  Fiction, media tie-in

Places: Japan,  France,  Francia,  Japoń,  Frankreich <Süd>,  Frankreich (Su d)

Times: Siglo XX,  1848-1870,  19th century,  Siglo XIX,  Geschichte 1861-1875,  Geschichte 1861-1864,  1600-1868