A Respectable Trade
Author: Philippa Gregory
Desc: 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.