San Francisco, 1906. In A City Bustling With Newly Minted Millionaires And Scheming Upstarts, Two Very Different Women Hope To Change Their Fortunes: Gemma, A Golden-Haired, Silver-Voiced Soprano Whose Career Desperately Needs Rekindling, And Suling, A Petite And Resolute Chinatown Embroideress Who Is Determined To Escape An Arranged Marriage. Their Paths Cross When They Are Drawn Into The Orbit Of Henry Thornton, A Charming Railroad Magnate Whose Extraordinary Collection Of Chinese Antiques Includes The Fabled Phoenix Crown, A Legendary Relic Of Beijing’S Fallen Summer Palace. His Patronage Offers Gemma And Suling The Chance Of A Lifetime, But Their Lives Are Thrown Into Turmoil When A Devastating Earthquake Rips San Francisco Apart And Thornton Disappears, Leaving Behind A Mystery Reaching Further Than Anyone Could Have Imagined . . . Until The Phoenix Crown Reappears Five Years Later At A Sumptuous Paris Costume Ball, Drawing Gemma And Suling Together In One Last Desperate Quest For Justice . . . Praise For The Phoenix Crown: ‘Impeccably Researched, Magnificently Rendered, And Breathlessly Paced’Jamie Ford ‘Seamless, Page-Turning Masterpiece Of History And Suspense– Shot Through With Women Rising Up From The Margins Of Society To Claim Their Own Singular Futures, I Could Not Put This Triumphant Novel Down’ Marie Benedict ‘Heart-Pounding, Gasp-Out-Loud Storytelling– The Phoenix Crown Is The Best Book I’Ve Read All Year’ Victoria Christopher Murray Z-Zlushly Detailed, Richly Imagined, And Utterly Satisfying, The Phoenix Crown Will Entrance Readers' Booklist Z-Zaction-Packed, This Novel Skillfully Uses Its Strong Female Leads To Examine Racism, Sexism, And Classism. Readers Won't Want To Put This One Down' Historical Novel Society Z-Z[A] Seamless Collaboration Of Two Terrific Novelists' The Washington Post