![]() ![]() 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. 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. 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. ![]() But he needs ready cash and a well-connected wife.Īn arranged marriage to Frances Scott is a mutually convenient solution. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. ![]() From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl.īristol in 1787 is booming, from its stinking docks to its elegant new houses. Its a romance, but not a sentimental one, built around the impossible love between white slave owner Frances Scott Cole and the black African Mehuru, a priest. ![]()
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