{"product_id":"a-respectable-trade-paperback","title":"A Respectable Trade - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilippa Gregory\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and \"queen of royal fiction\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e) Philippa Gregory comes a story about the devastating consequences of the slave trade in 19th century England.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBristol in 1787 is booming, a city where power beckons those who dare to take risks. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. But he needs capital and a well-connected wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Marriage to Frances Scott is a mutually convenient solution. Trading her social contacts for Josiah's protection, Frances finds her life and fortune dependent on the respectable trade of sugar, rum, and slaves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Into her new world comes Mehuru, once a priest in the ancient African kingdom of Yoruba, now a slave in England. From opposite ends of the earth, despite the difference in status, Mehuru and Frances confront each other and their need for love and liberty.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrading 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilippa Gregory is the author of many\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novels, including\u003ci\u003e The Other Boleyn Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, and is a recognized authority on women's history. Many of her works have been adapted for the screen including \u003ci\u003eThe Other Boleyn Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. She graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent. She holds honorary degrees from Teesside University and the University of Sussex. She is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and was awarded the 2016 Harrogate Festival Award for Contribution to Historical Fiction. She is an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. She founded Gardens for the Gambia, a charity to dig wells in poor rural schools in The Gambia, and has provided nearly 200 wells. She welcomes visitors to her website PhilippaGregory.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 7.98 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42090877911175,"sku":"9780743272544","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7812bc5bc4511ddb2e9b16fb2f9961cd.webp?v=1732286685","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-respectable-trade-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}