A Factory of Cunning by Philippa Stockley
Set in late eighteenth-century England, Philippa Stockley's American debut gives us a wickedly delightful but deadly serious battle of the wills and the sexes. It begins with the arrival in London of the mysterious Mrs. Fox--on the run from a scandalous French past--who takes a new identity, determined to reinvent herself. She must pit her formidable skills for revenge against Earl Much, a British aristocrat with no less notorious a past and easily her match in sinfulness and intrigue. Between these two swirls a story featuring venal lords, wronged maidens, and reprobate clergymen, transporting readers from bawdy houses to country estates--places where the pleasures of the flesh are both high comedy and serious business.A Factory of Cunning takes readers to the world immortalized in Dangerous Liaisons. And, like Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White, the vividly rendered setting and characters give the thrill of a fresh discovery.
Philippa Stockley is an artist and illustrator who works as a deputy editor at the Evening Standard. She is based in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780156030670 |
| ISBN 10 | 0156030675 |
| Title | A Factory of Cunning |
| Author | Philippa Stockley |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harper Paperbacks |
| Year published | 2006-09-05 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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