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A Deflowered Lotus: A Novel
A Deflowered Lotus: A Novel
A Deflowered Lotus: A Novel
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The earthy Maoist Revolution produced several generations of privileged, elitist leaders. They, and their no-less mini-monarch offspring continued a hard core of leadership dominating all major industries. Han Kai, the grandson of one who marched with Mao, attended America’s best boarding schools and universities; these earmarks projected him to manage Chinese Sovereign Fund investments in the US. He encounters the plotting Greta Stadler, an American committed to recovering Nazi-looted art rightfully owned by her ancestors lost to the Holocaust. The unlikely twosome greedily engages in deceptions that dust away all obstacles to their rubbery restlessness for vast wealth.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateDec 30, 2022
ISBN9781669860839
A Deflowered Lotus: A Novel
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Robert Lockwood

Robert Lockwood, a reformed Washington lobbyist, represented many Fortune 500 companies and institutions on matters of taxation, international trade, and defense.

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