Fair Exchange - by Michèle Roberts (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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, <i>Fair Exchange</i> is a spellbinding and sensual novel of passion and guilt.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A dazzling, unputdownable read...a deeply compelling narrative of dark secrets and intrigue." --<i>Scotland on Sunday</i> <p/>"Michèle Roberts has written a memorable glowingfantasy, a deftly tapestried fable." --<i>The Mail on Sunday (UK)</i> <p/>"Roberts is at her best when she writes about food and sex, about feelings and desires that cut across boundaries of time and class. A spirited and sensual novel." --<i>The Sunday Times (London)</i> <p/>"Roberts makes wonderful play with notions of lineage and history...beautifully written." --<i>Independent on Sunday</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Half English and half French, <b>Michèle</b><b> Roberts</b> is the author of eleven highly acclaimed novels, including <i>The Looking Glass</i> and <i>Daughters of the House</i>, which won the W.H. Smith Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
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