| Fair Exchange Contributor(s): Roberts, Michèle (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312420374 ISBN-13: 9780312420376 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: In the early 1800s in a small village in rural France, a peasant woman named Louise summons her priest. Fearing she is about to die, Louise begins her final confession to the bored cleric and reveals a lifelong secret involving a famous woman writer, a young English poet, and a wicked and unusual crime. Inspired by the lives and loves of the eighteenth-century pioneer of women's rights, Mary Wollstonecraft, and her contemporary, William Wordsworth, "Fair Exchange" is a spellbinding and sensual novel of passion and guilt. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.66" W x 8.36" (0.53 lbs) 256 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In the early 1800s in a small village in rural France, a peasant woman named Louise summons her priest. Fearing she is about to die, Louise begins her final confession to the bored cleric and reveals a lifelong secret involving a famous woman writer, a young English poet, and a wicked and unusual crime. Inspired by the lives and loves of the eighteenth-century pioneer of women's rights, Mary Wollstonecraft, and her contemporary, William Wordsworth, Fair Exchange is a spellbinding and sensual novel of passion and guilt. |
Contributor Bio(s): Roberts, Michele: - Michèle Roberts divides her time between London and northern France. She is the author of several acclaimed novels, including The Looking Glass. |