Beschreibung
They want to condemn me to death and demand a confession from me. But how can I confess to something I surely could not have committed? It is the year 1826, and all of London is in a frenzy. Crowds are pressing at the gates of the Old Bailey courthouse, waiting for Frannie Langton, the maid of Mr. and Mrs. Benham, who is to be tried for their murder. Devastating testimonies label her as a slave, a whore, and a seductress. But Frannie wants to tell a different story. At the beginning, a little girl is learning to read somewhere on a Jamaican plantation. At the end, an educated woman stands in the luxurious London home of the Benhams, waiting for the longed-for freedom. Yet from Frannie's feverish confessions, one tormenting question emerges: Could she have killed the only person she truly loved?
Information
Author: Collinsová Sara
Publication date: 9. Oktober 2020
Manufacturer: Host - vydavatelství, s. r. o.
Genres: Historical novels, Books, Fiction, Novels
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 376
ISBN/EAN: 9788027502493