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A Respectable Trade[高尚交易]

内容简介

Thedevastatingconsequencesoftheslavetradein18thcenturyareexploredthroughthepowerfulbutimpossibleattractionofwell-bornFrancesandherslave,Mehuru.FromthebestsellingauthorofTheOtherBoleynGirl.Bristolin1787isbooming,fromitsstinkingdockstoitselegantnewhouses.JosiahCole,asmalldocksidetrader,ispreparedtogambleeverythingtojointhebigplayersofthecity.Butheneedsreadycashandawell-connectedwife.AnarrangedmarriagetoFrancesScottisamutuallyconvenientsolution.TradinghersocialcontactsforJosiah’sprotection,FrancesenterstheworldoftheBristolmerchantsandfindsherlifeandfortunedependentontherespectabletradeofsugar,rumandslaves.OnceagainPhilippaGregorybringsheruniquecombinationofavividsenseofhistoryandinimitablestorytellingskillstoilluminateacomplexperiodofourpast.Powerful,haunting,intenselydisturbing,thisisanovelofdesireandshame,ofindividuals,ofasociety,andofawholecontinentdevastatedbythegreedofothers.

作者简介

PhilippaGregoryisaninternationallyrenownedauthorofhistoricalnovels.SheholdsaPhDineighteenth-centuryliteraturefromtheUniversityofEdinburgh.WorksthathavebeenadaptedfortelevisionincludeARespectableTrade,TheOtherBoleynGirlandTheQueen'sFool.TheOtherBoleynGirlisnowamajorfilm,starringScarlettJohansson,NataliePortmanandEricBana.PhilippaGregorylivesintheNorthofEnglandwithherfamily.

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