The fraud
(Large Print)
Author
Published
New York, NY : Random House Large Print, [2023].
Format
Large Print
Edition
First large print edition.
ISBN
9780593792643, 0593792645
Physical Desc
577 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
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Published
New York, NY : Random House Large Print, [2023].
Edition
First large print edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780593792643, 0593792645
Notes
General Note
"A novel" -- Cover.
Description
"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 skeptical. 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." -- Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Ainsworth, William Harrison, -- 1805-1882 -- Fiction.
Cousins -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- Fiction.
False personation -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Housekeepers -- Fiction.
Impostors and imposture -- Fiction.
Large print books.
Large type books.
Legal fiction (Literature)
London (England) -- Fiction.
Orton, Arthur, -- 1834-1898 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Fiction.
Peerage claims -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
Self-deception -- Fiction.
Trials -- England -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Trials -- Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction.
Cousins -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- Fiction.
False personation -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Housekeepers -- Fiction.
Impostors and imposture -- Fiction.
Large print books.
Large type books.
Legal fiction (Literature)
London (England) -- Fiction.
Orton, Arthur, -- 1834-1898 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Fiction.
Peerage claims -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
Self-deception -- Fiction.
Trials -- England -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Trials -- Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Smith, Z. (2023). The fraud (First large print edition.). Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Smith, Zadie. 2023. The Fraud. New York, NY: Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Smith, Zadie. The Fraud New York, NY: Random House Large Print, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Smith, Zadie. The Fraud First large print edition., Random House Large Print, 2023.
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