Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to foreigners, as well as the love of a young geisha.
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child...
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world t...
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls ...
