![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The city-indeed much of the kingdom-thrives on the slave trade, while elsewhere William Wilberforce is just beginning his decades’ long campaign for the abolition of the trade. If it is also an unlikely romance between a slave and his mistress, well…it’s still Philippa Gregory, after all.Ī Respectable Trade takes place in the port city of Bristol in 1787. It is, rather, a genuine and honest attempt to look into the English slave trade and the destruction it caused. A Respectable Trade is not like Gregory’s Plantagenet or Tudor books. I’ve read one of her Tudor novels, and it was perfectly fine, though it lacked staying power or memorability. Her books are high on drama and glamor, and her reputation is for, at the very least, embroidering the details. In historical fiction circles, Philippa Gregory is not generally recognized for her accuracy or seriousness. ![]()
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