She has raised funds and paid for over 200 wells in the primary schools of this poor African country.
Philippa’s other great interest is the charity that she founded twenty years ago: Gardens for The Gambia. Her Cousins’ War novels were the basis for the highly successful BBC series, The White Queen. Philippa Gregory was an established historian and writer when she discovered her interest in the Tudor period and wrote the internationally bestselling novel The Other Boleyn Girl, which became a major film starring Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. ‘Written from instinct, not out of calculation, and it shows.’ ‘Compelling… Philippa Gregory reigns supreme as the mistress of historical drama.’ Today Powerful, haunting, intensely disturbing, this is a novel of desire and shame, of individuals, of a society, and of a whole continent devastated by the greed of others. Once again Philippa Gregory brings her unique combination of a vivid sense of history and inimitable storytelling skills to illuminate a complex period of our past. Trading her social contacts for Josiah’s protection, Frances enters the world of the Bristol merchants and finds her life and fortune dependent on the respectable trade of sugar, rum and slaves. But he needs ready cash and a well-connected wife.Īn arranged marriage to Frances Scott is a mutually convenient solution. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. Bristol in 1787 is booming, from its stinking docks to its elegant new houses.
From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl.
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