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A Respectable Trade Paperback - 2007
by Philippa Gregory
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In a breakthrough novel that has all the power of "Roots" and "The Thornbirds," Philippa Gregory has created a haunting tale of forbidden love and exhilaration, a rich and poignant story that sets individuals against a society devastated by intolerance and greed.
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It was to be a respectable marriage to a man engaged in a respectable business. Certainly 34-year-old Frances Scott, forced into genteel poverty despite an aristocratic heritage, has little choice but to wed the lower class Bristol shipping merchant.
Trading her social connections for his protection in the brutally male-dominated world of eighteenth-century England, Frances discovers that her husband's "respectable" trade-- dealing in African slaves-- will propel her into a passionate fight for romance, life and the freedom of the slave she comes to love deeply.
A saga of desire and shame, of dramatic confrontations between convention and truth, "A Respectable Trade" is a disturbing and yet truly satisfying novel from "the first lady of intelligent historical fiction."
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- Title A Respectable Trade
- Author Philippa Gregory
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 512
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Atria Books, NY USA
- Publication date 2007-02-01
- ISBN 9780743272544 / 0743272544
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 7.98 x 5.26 x 1.08 in (20.27 x 13.36 x 2.74 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Category Fiction - Historical
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Love stories
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006050089
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Kirkus Reviews, 10/01/2006, Page 979
- Library Journal, 09/18/2006, Page 0
- Romantic Times, 02/01/2007, Page 55
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