{"product_id":"the-hills-of-singapore","title":"The Hills of Singapore","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Vol.3 of The Straits Quartet, young, beautiful and wealthy widow Charlotte Macleod leaves Batavia in the 1850s and returns to Singapore for the English education of her two young sons. She is determined not to be drawn back into a secret affair with Zhen, the married Chinese merchant, triad-member and man she loves who is, unbeknownst to him, the father of her eldest son, Alex. Charlotte is convinced she can find happiness in a respectable marriage with the attractive but reticent Captain Maitland. But when murder and death strike, Singapore erupts in the violence of triad wars and Zhen’s growing affection for Alex gives cause for alarm, she must make some hard decisions, for her children and herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the real-life historical personalities of the time, Dawn Farnham mixes fact and fiction to paint a rich portrait of mid-nineteenth-century Singapore and the realm of the White Rajah of Sarawak, at a time when triads, piracy and crime were rife and life in colonial Southeast Asia was anything but safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDawn Farnham\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Red Thread\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shallow Seas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hills of Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe English Concubine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (which comprise The Straits Quartet, a bestselling series of historical romance set in 19th-century Singapore), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Crowd of Twisted Things\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a novel set in 1950 Singapore, as well as numerous short stories, plays and children’s books. A former longterm resident of Singapore, Dawn now calls Perth, Australia, home. Learn more about Dawn at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dawnfarnham.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.dawnfarnham.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123276198001,"sku":"9789814423618","price":18.5,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/The_Straits_Quartet_The_Hills_of_Singapore_by_Dawn_Farnham_00.jpg?v=1602763368","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-hills-of-singapore","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}