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The Fraud

by Zadie Smith
$11.90
The Fraud
The Fraud

Historical fiction questioning truth in Victorian England.

If you find yourself intrigued by the layers of Victorian society and the complexities of truth, "The Fraud" might just be your next favorite read. Zadie Smith artfully intertwines historical events with riveting character perspectives, making the moral ambiguities of the era come alive. Her reputation for wit and intellectual narrative shines in this book, as she delves into societal facades through Mrs. Touchet's skeptical eyes and Andrew Bogle's lived experience of injustice.

  • Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (2024)
  • Writers' Prize Nominee for Fiction (2024)
  • The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books Nominee for Longlist (2024)
  • Libby Award Nominee for Best Adult Fiction (2024)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Fraud

by Zadie Smith
$11.90
ISBN: 9780241337004
Authors: Zadie Smith
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Date of Publication: 2023-09-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Mystery, World War II, Literature, Race
Goodreads rating: 3.27
(rated by 30572 readers)

Description

From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who deserves to tell their story - and about who deserves to be believed. It is 1873. Mrs. Eliza Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper - and cousin by marriage - of a once famous novelist, now in decline, William Ainsworth, with whom she has lived for thirty years. Mrs. Touchet is a woman of many literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her cousin, his wives, this life and the next. But she is also sceptical. She suspects her cousin of having no talent; his successful friend, Mr. Charles Dickens, of being a bully and a moralist; and England of being a land of facades, in which nothing is quite what it seems. Andrew Bogle meanwhile grew up enslaved on the Hope Plantation, Jamaica. He knows every lump of sugar comes at a human cost. That the rich deceive the poor. And that people are more easily manipulated than they realise. When Bogle finds himself in London, star witness in a celebrated case of imposture, he knows his future depends on telling the right story. The 'Tichborne Trial' captivates Mrs. Touchet and all of England. Is Sir Roger Tichborne really who he says he is? Or is he a fraud? Mrs. Touchet is a woman of
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Historical fiction questioning truth in Victorian England.

If you find yourself intrigued by the layers of Victorian society and the complexities of truth, "The Fraud" might just be your next favorite read. Zadie Smith artfully intertwines historical events with riveting character perspectives, making the moral ambiguities of the era come alive. Her reputation for wit and intellectual narrative shines in this book, as she delves into societal facades through Mrs. Touchet's skeptical eyes and Andrew Bogle's lived experience of injustice.

  • Walter Scott Prize Nominee for Longlist (2024)
  • Writers' Prize Nominee for Fiction (2024)
  • The Rooster -- The Morning News Tournament of Books Nominee for Longlist (2024)
  • Libby Award Nominee for Best Adult Fiction (2024)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.