The fraud
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New York : Penguin Group, 2023.
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454 pages ; 25 cm.
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Canon City Public Library - FICTION | F SMITH | Checked Out | April 30, 2024 |
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LC Subjects
Australians -- England -- London -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Book Group Collection.
Butchers -- England -- London -- Fiction.
False personation -- England -- London -- Fiction.
Historical fiction
Historical fiction.
Housekeepers -- Fiction.
Jamaicans -- England -- London -- Fiction.
Saga fiction.
Trials -- England -- London -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Book Group Collection.
Butchers -- England -- London -- Fiction.
False personation -- England -- London -- Fiction.
Historical fiction
Historical fiction.
Housekeepers -- Fiction.
Jamaicans -- England -- London -- Fiction.
Saga fiction.
Trials -- England -- London -- Fiction.
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Published
New York : Penguin Group, 2023.
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Book
Language
English
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"It is 1873. Mrs. Eliza Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper—and cousin by marriage—of a once-famous novelist, now in decline, William Ainsworth, with whom she has lived for thirty years. Mrs. Touchet is a woman of many interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her cousin, his wives, this life and the next. But she is also sceptical. She suspects her cousin of having no talent; his successful friend, Mr. Charles Dickens, of being a bully and a moralist; and England of being a land of facades, in which nothing is quite what it seems. Andrew Bogle, meanwhile, grew up enslaved on the Hope Plantation, Jamaica. He knows every lump of sugar comes at a human cost. That the rich deceive the poor. And that people are more easily manipulated than they realize. When Bogle finds himself in London, star witness in a celebrated case of imposture, he knows his future depends on telling the right story. The 'Tichborne Trial'—wherein a lower-class butcher from Australia claimed he was in fact the rightful heir of a sizable estate and title—captivates Mrs. Touchet and all of England. Is Sir Roger Tichborne really who he says he is? Or is he a fraud? Mrs. Touchet is a woman of the world. Mr. Bogle is no fool. But in a world of hypocrisy and self-deception, deciding what is real proves a complicated task. . . ." --publisher's website.
Target Audience
Adult,Brodart.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Smith, Z. (2023). The fraud . Penguin Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Smith, Zadie. 2023. The Fraud. Penguin Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Smith, Zadie. The Fraud Penguin Group, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Smith, Zadie. The Fraud Penguin Group, 2023.
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