John Spurling: The Ten Thousand Things [2023] paperback ZPART they discover that Sofia was

they discover that Sofia was guarding a dangerous secret -- a secret that may have led the killer straight to her door

navigating refugee camps and resettlement centres until

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ministering to the wounded and dying of the Crimean War

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John Spurling: The Ten Thousand Things [2023] paperback ZPART they discover that Sofia wasA riveting historical novel set in fourteenth century China. In the turbulent final years of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Meng is a minor bureaucrat in the government of the Mongol conquerors. He is also an extraordinarily gifted artist whose paintings capture the infinite expanse of China's natural beauty. But an empire in turmoil is not a place or time for sitting still. On his journeys across the realm, Wang encounters fellow master painters, a fierce