Princess Masako
Subtitle: prisoner of the Chrysanthemum throne : the tragic true story of Japan's Crown Princess
By: Ben Hills
Publisher: Random House Australia
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Sydney, N.S.W; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781741660142
Subjects: Marriages of royalty and nobility; Biography; Princesses
Description: This dramatic portrayal of a modern-day oriental fairytale turned on its head details how Masako Owada struggles with the daily pressures of life in Japan's imperial court. Despite an Oxford and Harvard education, she has been subjected to the superstitious rites of the Royal Household Agency in the hope that she will produce a male heir and prevent the world's oldest dynasty from dying out.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-296) and index.
Table of contents: title: The men in black; title: Daddy's girl; title: Mummy's boy ; The last emperor; title: Magna cum laude; title: The dreaming spires ; By Royal appointment; title: The pledge; title: Heir unapparent; title: The hand of God; title: The black dog; title: No happy ending.