A Factory of Cunning by Philippa Stockley
One freezing April morning, two veiled women step off the boat from Holland. They are on the run: a scheming French aristocrat, who goes by her nom de plume of Mrs Fox, and her loyal maidservant. With only a handful of gold and fearing for her life, Mrs Fox sets about establishing herslf with high society. Immoral and beautiful, Mrs Fox has always used men to support and amuse her. Trusting on her wits to keep ahead of the hangman, she manipulates others to survive: gullible Lord Danceacre, sweet Violet Denyss and degenerate predator Earl Much. Yet in the earl, Mrs Fox has met an adversary whose sadistic visciousness is a match for her own attempts to destroy him. Through a dark, quick world of liars and lechers, where infidelity and intellect cross swords with desire and death, Mrs Fox hurtles towards a horrible climax. Here is London, 1784 ...welcome to a factory of cunning.
For THE EDGE OF PLEASURE 'A glittering novel.. darkly beautiful' Sunday Times 'Confident, assured and highly entertaining ... a vividly sensual novel' Evening Standard 'There is much to enjoy in Stockley's sly, tart mix of sex, painting and mischance, confected with a naughty, sophisticated glitter' Daily Mail
Philippa Stockley writes for a range of newspapers and magazines and is the author of THE EDGE OF PLEASURE. She did an MA at the Courtauld Institute in 18th Century costume design.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316729284 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316729280 |
| Title | A Factory of Cunning |
| Author | Philippa Stockley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 2005-02-03 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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