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The Commoner: A Novel

By John Burnham Schwartz
Narrated by: Janet Song
Unabridged — 9 hours, 3 minutes
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By John Burnham Schwartz
Narrated by: Janet Song
Unabridged — 9 hours, 3 minutes

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It is 1959 when Haruko, a young woman of good family, marries the Crown Prince of Japan, the heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne. She is the first nonaristocratic woman to enter the mysterious, almost hermetically sealed, and longest-running monarchy in the world. Met with cruelty and suspicion by the Empress and her minions, Haruko is controlled at every turn. The only interest the court has in Haruko is her ability to produce an heir. After finally giving birth to a son, she suffers a nervous bre…