![]() ![]() She holds a PhD in eighteenth-century literature from the University of Edinburgh. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Powerful, haunting, intensely disturbing, this is a novel of desire and shame, of individuals, of a society, and of a whole continent devastated by the greed of others. Philippa Gregory is an internationally renowned author of historical novels. A Respectable Trade (Historical Novels) by Philippa Gregory. Once again Philippa Gregory brings her unique combination of a vivid sense of history and inimitable storytelling skills to illuminate a complex period of our past. ![]() From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl. Trading her social contacts for Josiah’s protection, Frances enters the world of the Bristol merchants and finds her life and fortune dependent on the respectable trade of sugar, rum and slaves. A Respectable Trade van Philippa Gregory (boek, ebook, ISBN 9780007378432). An arranged marriage to Frances Scott is a mutually convenient solution. But he needs ready cash and a well-connected wife. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. The devastating consequences of the slave trade in 18th century Bristol are explored through the powerful but impossible attraction of well-born Frances and her Yoruban slave, Mehuru.īristol in 1787 is booming, from its stinking docks to its elegant new houses. Philippa Gregorys A Respectable Trade takes us to 1787 Bristol, England, a city that is booming because of the slave trade and power beckons to those who. ![]()
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