Samuel Pink has a secret - he is Queen Victoria's illegitimate son. Sent at 21 to Hong Kong, a far-flung outpost of empire, he hopes to achieve a brilliant career, but finds that life in the colony offers a great many religious, social and sexual dis...
Set in Germany in 1945, this is the story of a boy, Hanno, and a girl, Effi. Hanno is on the run, having just seen his twin brother killed. Effi is streetwise. She has learned the hard way that she must keep her secrets to herself - and she's even le...