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Mistress of My Fate
Hallie Rubenhold
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Description for Mistress of My Fate
Paperback. Georgian England, 1789. Under a cloud of scandal, Henrietta Lightfoot flees her home at Melmouth Park. She has little money and no worthwhile talents, for what use is a neat stitch and a pretty voice outside the drawing room? Without family support, her only hope of survival lies with the dashing but elusive Lord Allenham.. Series: Henrietta Lightfoot. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 352. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Perfect fiction for fans of BBC TV's hit series BRIDGERTON and HARLOTS
'A remarkable picture of a fascinating age' Daily Express
'A full-blooded historical' Independent
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My tale is not for the faint of heart.
Born illegitimate in eighteenth-century England, the scandalous Henrietta Lightfoot gives us her version of the truth about her criminal life in this delicious coming-of-age.
Fleeing her childhood home for the big city, Henrietta is now swimming in the London underworld of rakes, rogues, sharks, pimps and courtesans - she quickly sees that true liberty is a man's privilege.
What must Henrietta ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Henrietta Lightfoot
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552162517
SKU
KCW0001759
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Hallie Rubenhold
Hallie Rubenhold is the Number One Sunday Times bestselling and Baillie Gifford Non-Fiction prize-winning social historian whose expertise lies in revealing stories of previously unknown women and episodes in history. As well as The Covent Garden Ladies, Rubenhold's works of non-fiction include the award-winning and Number One bestselling The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the ... Read more
Reviews for Mistress of My Fate
A remarkable picture of a fascinating age which combined extraordinary bawdiness with silky sophistication (think Hogarth and Gainsborough)
DAILY EXPRESS
A full-blooded historical - two parts Lizzie Bennett and Tom Jones's Sophia Western to one part Moll Flanders - with a splash of Fanny Hill
INDEPENDENT
This enticing novel, written with charm and originality, is full ... Read more
DAILY EXPRESS
A full-blooded historical - two parts Lizzie Bennett and Tom Jones's Sophia Western to one part Moll Flanders - with a splash of Fanny Hill
INDEPENDENT
This enticing novel, written with charm and originality, is full ... Read more