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A Respectable Trade is a 1995 historical novel by Philippa Gregory set in the Bristol docks in 1787. Adaptation. Gregory adapted her work into a four-part TV serial which was broadcast by the BBC in 1998 and by the PBS in the United States in the fall of 1999.
A Respectable Trade: With Emma Fielding, Anna Massey, Warren Clarke, Ariyon Bakare. The devastating consequences of the slave trade in 18th century Bristol are explored through the powerful but impossible attraction of well-born Frances and her Yoruban slave, Mehuru.
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- 1998-10-25
- Drama
- Emma Fielding, Anna Massey, Warren Clarke
A historical fiction about the 18th century Bristol merchants and their involvement in the slave trade. The novel follows the story of Frances, a well-born woman who marries a dockside trader, and Mehuru, a Yoruban slave who captures her heart.
Dec 23, 1994 · Philippa Gregory. 3.80. 9,234 ratings595 reviews. Bristol in 1787 is booming, a city where power beckons those who dare to take risks. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. But he needs capital and a well-connected wife.
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Feb 1, 2007 · Trading her social contacts for Josiah's protection, Frances finds her life and fortune dependent on the respectable trade of sugar, rum, and slaves. Into her new world comes Mehuru,...
- Philippa Gregory
- Simon and Schuster, 2007
- reprint
- A Respectable TradeHistorical Novels
Nov 11, 2011 · From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl. Bristol in 1787 is booming, from its stinking docks to its elegant new houses. Josiah Cole, a small dockside trader, is prepared to gamble...
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Jan 1, 1995 · A Respectable Trade, the story of a series of unlikely events set in Bristol toward the end of the 18th Century, follows this Gregory formula and solidly delivers. Mehuru is a priest in the African kingdom of Yoruba and is on a quest to save his country from the ravages of slavery when he is beset upon and captured by white slavers from England.
- Philippa Gregory
