Respectable Trade (65 page)
Authors: Philippa Gregory
P
HILIPPA
G
REGORY
is the
New York Times
bestselling author of several books, including
The Other Boleyn Girl
and
The Boleyn Inheritance.
A writer and broadcaster for radio and television, she lives in England. She welcomes visitors and messages at her website,
www.philippagregory.com
.
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 1995 by Philippa Gregory Ltd. All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.
First Touchstone Edition 2007
Originally published in Great Britain in 1995 by HarperCollins UK
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gregory, Philippa.
A respectable trade / Philippa Gregory.—1st Touchstone ed.
p. cm.
“A Touchstone book.”
1. Africans—England—Fiction. 2. Bristol (England)—Fiction.
3. Married women—Fiction. 4. Slave trade—Fiction. 5. Slaves—
Fiction. I. Title.
PR6057.R386R47 2007
823’.914—dc22 2006050089
ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-7254-4
ISBN-10: 0-7432-7254-4