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Hardback. New. <p><b>‘A writer at the peak of her powers’ <i>The Telegraph</i></b><br /><br /><b>Truth and fiction. Jamaica and Britain. Who gets to tell their story? Zadie Smith returns with her first historical novel.</b><br /><br />Kilburn, 1873. The 'Tichborne Trial' has captivated the widowed Scottish housekeeper Mrs Eliza Touchet and all of England. Readers are at odds over whether the defendant is who he claims to be - or an imposter.<br /><br />Mrs Touchet is a woman of many interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her novelist cousin and his wives, this life and the next. But she is also sceptical. She suspects England of being a land of façades, in which nothing is quite what it seems.<br /><br />Andrew Bogle meanwhile finds himself the star witness, his future depending on telling the right story. Growing up enslaved on the Hope… Leer más

Hamish Hamilton, 2023. Hardcover. New. 464 pages. 9.53x6.46x1.77 inches.

London: Hamish Hamilton. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (to a signature page) - Pictures available upon request . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2023.

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London: Hamish Hamilton, 2023. 1st. h/b. Fine, new. Signed to half-title.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Truth and fiction. Jamaica and Britain. Who gets to tell their story? Zadie Smith returns with her first historical novel. Kilburn, 1873. The 'Tichborne Trial' has captivated the widowed Scottish housekeeper Mrs Eliza Touchet and all of England. Readers are at odds over whether the defendant is who he claims to be - or an imposter. Mrs Touchet is a woman of many interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her novelist cousin and his wives, this life and the next. But she is also sceptical. She suspects England of being a land of faades, in which nothing is quite what it seems. Andrew Bogle meanwhile finds himself the star witness, his future depending on telling the right story. Growing 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. Based on… Leer más

UK Waterstones Exclusive Signed Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Ensured by the presence of "001" Book is brand new and unread. Personally hand signed by Ms. Smith directly to a Publisher's specially bound signature page which includes the month and year of publication (September 2023). Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! Photos available upon request.
From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets 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 interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her cousin, his wives, this life and the next. But she is also sceptical. She… Leer más

London: Hamish Hamilton. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED, PUBLICATION DATED & LOCATED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2023.

London: Hamish Hamilton. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED, LINED & PUBLICATION DATED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2023.