A many-splendoured thing /
Suyin Han
- [Place of publication not identifed] : Sheridan Book Co, c1952
- 332 pages ; 18 cm.
A many-splendoured thing /, A
Part 1. Onset -- Part 2. Progress -- Part 3. Crisis -- Part 4. Conclusion.
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.