{"product_id":"9780241984017-the-confessions-of-frannie-langton","title":"The Confessions of Frannie Langton","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow a major new series with ITVX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunting tale about one woman's fight to tell her story, \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions of Frannie Langton\u003c\/i\u003e leads you through laudanum-laced dressing rooms and dark-as-night alleys, into the heart of Georgian London.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Deep-diving and elegant' \u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Takes the gothic genre by the scruff of the neck' \u003cb\u003e Bernadine Evaristo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'They say I must be put to death for what happened to Madame, and they want me to confess. But how can I confess what I don't believe I've done?'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1826, and all of London is in a frenzy. Crowds gather at the gates of the Old Bailey to watch as Frannie Langton, maid to Mr and Mrs Benham, goes on trial for their murder. The testimonies against her are damning - slave, whore, seductress. And they may be the truth. But they are not the whole truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time Frannie must tell her story. It begins with a girl learning to read on a plantation in Jamaica, and it ends in a grand house in London, where a beautiful woman waits to be freed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut through her fevered confessions, one burning question haunts Frannie Langton: could she have murdered the only person she ever loved?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK AWARDS FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A dazzling page-turner' \u003c\/b\u003eEmma Donoghue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A star in the making'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gothic fiction made brand new' \u003c\/b\u003eStef Penney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dazzlingly original' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A heroine for our times' \u003c\/b\u003eElizabeth Day\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30344879734881,"sku":"9780241984017","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32407983.jpg?v=1737274578","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241984017-the-confessions-of-frannie-langton","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}