Behind Five Willows

Behind Five Willows

Author: June Hur Listening Length: 8h 35m
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of A Crane Among Wolves comes a warm and romantic homage to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set in historical Korea, about a reader and a writer who secretly fight against government book banning and find themselves irresistibly drawn together. As the dutiful second-eldest ...

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Throughout the following week, the capital buzzed with whispers, and Haewon overheard more than a few refer to a “delightful new scandal.” Lord Yu Seojun, the brilliant gentleman who was to enter the Royal Academy in the first rank, had been summoned by the king.

No one knew exactly why; the affair was carefully hushed up.

One of the main figures in this drama, Inspector Wuyeong, had been relocated to another post far outside the capital, shamed into secrecy.

Speculation therefore spread as wildfire.