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Paperback. * Drawing on the secrets, lives and affairs of two of the most famous and passionate figures of the 18th century - Mary Wollstonecraft and William Wordsworth - this is Michele Roberts most accessible and romantic novel to date Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
In the early 1800s, Louise, a French peasant woman, fearing she is about to die, calls for her priest. She has a secret to confess. Though the priest is impatient, she wants to tell her tale from the beginning. The story opens in Stoke Newington, London, in the 1780s, with Jemima Boote, arriving at Miss Mary Wollstonecraft's school. Jemima follows her beloved teacher to Paris wanting to be part of the erupting revolution and then - six months pregnant - retreats to the tiny village of Louise's youth. Her arrival coincides with that of another ... Read more
In the early 1800s, Louise, a French peasant woman, fearing she is about to die, calls for her priest. She has a secret to confess. Though the priest is impatient, she wants to tell her tale from the beginning. The story opens in Stoke Newington, London, in the 1780s, with Jemima Boote, arriving at Miss Mary Wollstonecraft's school. Jemima follows her beloved teacher to Paris wanting to be part of the erupting revolution and then - six months pregnant - retreats to the tiny village of Louise's youth. Her arrival coincides with that of another ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860497643
SKU
KNH0012812
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Michele Roberts
Half-English and half-French, Michele Roberts was born in 1949. DAUGHTERS OF THE HOUSE (1992) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the WH Smith Literary Award.
Reviews for Fair Exchange
Lilian Pizzichini, AMAZON.CO.UK REVIEW
'Michele Roberts has written a memorable, glowing fantasy, a deftly tapestried fable'
Michele Robert s' ninth novel manipulates episodes from the lives of the 18th-century pioneer of women's rights, Mary Wollstonecraft, and her contemporary, William Wordsworth. Both are known to have had secret affairs in Paris during the French Revolution, and Roberts uses these ... Read more
'Michele Roberts has written a memorable, glowing fantasy, a deftly tapestried fable'
Michele Robert s' ninth novel manipulates episodes from the lives of the 18th-century pioneer of women's rights, Mary Wollstonecraft, and her contemporary, William Wordsworth. Both are known to have had secret affairs in Paris during the French Revolution, and Roberts uses these ... Read more