A Many-Splendoured Thing
Ranked #29 in Hong Kong
A Many-Splendoured Thing tells the story of a married British foreign correspondent called Mark Elliot (Ian Morrison in real life and based in Singapore where he lived with his wife and children) who falls in love with a Eurasian doctor originally from Mainland China who trained at the Royal Free Hospital Medical College in London University, only to encounter prejudice from her family and from Hong Kong society.
On the surface it is a love story but there is an historical perspective relating to China, Hong Kong and the peoples and societies that populated the island. This... more
On the surface it is a love story but there is an historical perspective relating to China, Hong Kong and the peoples and societies that populated the island. This... more
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