An online and live lecture by Larry Feign based on “The Flower Boat Girl: A Novel Based on a True Story” (June 2021).

Details

Based on a true story that has never been fully told until now, The Flower Boat Girl is the tale of a woman who, against all odds, shaped history on her own terms.

South China coast, 1801. Sold as a child to a floating brothel, 26-year-old Yang has finally bought her freedom, only to be kidnapped by a brutal pirate gang and forced to marry their leader.

Dragged through stormy seas and lawless bandit havens, Yang must stay scrappy to survive. She embeds herself in the dark business of piracy, carving out her role against the resistance of powerful pirate leaders and Cheung Po Tsai, her husband's flamboyant male concubine.

As she is caught between bitter rivals fighting for mastery over the pirates-and for her heart-Yang faces a choice between two things she never dreamed might be hers: power or love.

The Speaker

Larry Feign is an award-winning writer and artist who has lived within walking distance from notorious pirate haunts in a South China Sea island village since 1991. He is the author of several books about Hong Kong, as well as a children's book series under a pen name. He is married with two grown children.

Admission:

• Online via Zoom: no charge, please register your attendance in advance; or

• Cafe 8, Maritime Museum:

  Members HK$150, Guests HK$200 with food and drink

  Members HK$100, Guests HK$150 without food and drink

Booking: Please email membership@royalasiaticsociety.org.hk in advance to register