The Confessions of Frannie Langton
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- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
3 December 2019
Summary
Slave. Whore. Seductress. Murderer?
They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. But how can I confess what I don’t believe I’ve done?
1826, and all of London is in a frenzy. Crowds gather at the gates of the Old Bailey to watch as Frannie Langton, maid to Mr and Mrs Benham, goes on trial for their murder. The testimonies against her are damning - slave, whore, seductress. And they may be the truth. But they are not the whole truth.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241984017 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241984017 |
| Author: | Sara Collins |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 3 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
A bold and timely reinvention of the classic gothic novel ( …) which, with its tentative exploration of passion and transgression of boundaries, is reminiscent of the best of Sarah Waters
An impressive debut, dazzlingly original * The Times *
Bold and powerful * The Sunday Times *
A fantastically assured piece of historical gothic * The Guardian Best Fiction of 2019 *
About The Author
Sara Collins
Sara Collins studied law at the London School of Economics and worked as a lawyer for seventeen years. In 2014 she embarked upon the Creative Writing Masters at Cambridge University, where she won the 2015 Michael Holroyd Prize of Re-creative Writing and was shortlisted for the 2016 Lucy Cavendish Prize for a book inspired by her love of gothic fiction. This turned into her first novel, The Confessions of Frannie Langton.
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