In which we tell the story of the second generation Japanese performer Nellie Valentine, singer of the Honeysuckle and the Bee and The Girl From Japan as well as debunk the idea that Dutch interpreter Fredrik Bleckman was actually the Scouse bigamist, army deserter and impresario Tannaker Buhicrosan, try to work out who the Japanese acrobats were in a recently discovered photo of the Great Dragon Troupe and uncover what became of the beautiful and mysterious Omoto, taking in opium, adultery and prostitution along the way.
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