Author: LAKE, DERYN
Title: The Governor's Ladies
Description: London, Allison and Busby. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0749082208). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unread copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. An historical novel by the author (pseudonym of Dinah Lampitt) of the John Rawlings Georgian mystery series. Set in Boston, Massachusetts in 1775, where the lives of Thomas Gage, the British governor of Massachusetts, his wife Margaret, together with their black slave, Sara, become inexorably intertwined. Having risen through the army, Thomas has known many battles but the War of Independence is different, as there are personal passions and beliefs involved and being a British governor with an American wife means that allegiances are sharply divided. Thomas seeks solace through teaching the pretty Sara, the simple pleasures of reading and writing but conflict, heartbreak and death are close at hand, threatening to engulf all involved, C3A. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Historical Fiction, Dinah Lampitt, John Rawlings Georgian Mystery, Boston Massachusetts, Thomas Gage, Slavery, American War of Independence 0749082208


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