A Respectable Trade
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On Sale:
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08/02/2007
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Formats:
Trade paperback
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Bristol in 1787 is booming, from its
stinking docks to its elegant new houses. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader,
is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. But he
needs ready cash and a well-connected wife. An arranged marriage to Frances
Scott is a mutually convenient solution.
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--and her heart lost in impossible attraction to her
Yoruban salve, Mehru.
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A Respectable Trade
Bristol in 1787 is booming, from its stinking docks to its elegant new houses. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. But he needs ready cash and a well-connected wife. An arranged marriage to Frances Scott is a mutually...
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