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The Confessions of Frannie Langton : A Novel

The Confessions of Frannie Langton : A Novel Hardcover - 2019

by Sara Collins

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HarperCollins Canada, Limited, 2019. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title The Confessions of Frannie Langton : A Novel
  • Author Sara Collins
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins Canada, Limited
  • Date 2019
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0062851896I4N10
  • ISBN 9780062851895 / 0062851896
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.4 in (23.37 x 16.26 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Trials (Murder), Historical fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code 823.92

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From the rear cover

No one knows the worst thing they're capable of until they do it. . . .

All of London is abuzz with the scandalous case of Frannie Langton, who is accused of the brutal double murder of her employers, renowned scientist George Benham and his eccentric French wife, Marguerite. Crowds pack the courtroom, eagerly following every twist, while the newspapers print lurid theories about the killings and the mysterious woman being held in the Old Bailey.

The testimonies against Frannie are damning. She is a seductress, a witch, a master manipulator, a whore. Frannie claims she cannot recall what happened that fateful evening, or how she came to be covered in the victims' blood, even if remembering could save her life.

But she does have a tale to tell: a story of her childhood on a Jamaican plantation, her apprenticeship under a debauched scientist who stretched all bounds of ethics, and the events that brought her into the Benhams' London home--and into a passionate and forbidden relationship.

Though her testimony may seal her conviction, the truth will unmask the perpetrators of crimes far beyond murder and indict the whole of English society itself.

The Confessions of Frannie Langton is a breathtaking debut: a murder mystery that travels across the Atlantic and through the darkest channels of history. A brilliant, searing depiction of race, class, and oppression that penetrates the skin and sears the soul, it is the story of a woman of her own making in a world that would see her unmade.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/2019, Page 35
  • BookPage, 06/01/2019, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2019, Page 10
  • Library Journal, 05/01/2019, Page 84
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 12/01/2018, Page 47
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/25/2019, Page 0