Not the bst, but very enjoyable!

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	• A Respectable Trade Philippa Gregory Touchstone, 2007 - 512 pages average customer review:based on 29 reviews view larger image
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Not the bst, but very enjoyable!

I am a huge fan of Philippa Gregory. I happened to find this book a few years ago, before it got the revamped cover and such. Maybe it was because I read it soon after The Virgin's Lover, which bored me to tears, but I really enjoyed this one!

I applaud Gregory's effort in such a difficult topic. And yet I felt it was very real and accurate. I tend to stay away from the topic of slavery, but I usually never pass up books from Philippa. I'm glad I did! I happened to get through the book pretty fast, and the ending was not predictable. Gregory usually includes gobs of sex in her books, but this one was pretty much devoid of it for the most part. For this sotry, it wasn't necessary, and it worked. Once again, her attention to historical detail is more or less accurate, and I love her ability to just create expand from facts.

While I appreciate the fact that Mehuru is well respected, I don't think it is all that plausible. Was she trying to redeem him for being black in some way? If he hadn't been African nobility, would that have changed his character or how he was viewed?

Although I personally enjoyed the book, I can see where others wouldn't. I would suggest a reader new to Philippa Gregory read her more popular titles first.

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Bristol in 1787 is booming, a city where power beckons those who dare to take risks. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. But he needs capital and a well-connected wife.

Marriage to Frances Scott is a mutually convenient solution. Trading her social contacts for Josiah's protection, Frances finds her life and fortune dependent on the respectable trade of sugar, rum, and slaves.

Into her new world comes Mehuru, once a priest in the ancient African kingdom of Yoruba, now a slave in England. From opposite ends of the earth, despite the difference in status, Mehuru and Frances confront each other and their need for love and liberty.

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