(028635) Pagnamenta, Peter, and Williams, Momoko. Sword And Blossom: A British Officer's Enduring Love For A Japanese Woman. New York: Penguin Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 345 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. In 1904, Arthur Hart-Synnot was sent to Japan to learn the language of his country's new ally. Arriving in Tokyo on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War,Arthur met Masa Suzuki at the Officers' Club and was immediately smitten. This book follows Arthur and Masa's attempts to make a life together and chronicles the racial prejudice and snobbery they encountered ISBN: 1594200890 (Hart-Synnot, Arthur, Suzuki, Masako, Interracial Dating)
