by Philippa Gregory · Porto Editora · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789720044303
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«Um Comércio Respeitável» is the historical novel by Philippa Gregory, published by Porto Editora in paperback (472 pages, in Portuguese).
In 1787 Bristol, Josiah Cole, a slave trader, aspires to rise socially and enters a marriage of convenience with Frances Scott. The arrival of Mehuru, an African counselor sold as a slave, intertwines their fates and shows how sugar, rum, and the trade sustain wealth built on cruelty.
This Porto Editora edition was published in 2013 and corresponds to the Portuguese translation of A Respectable Trade, a novel originally published in 1994.
For readers of historical and romantic fiction interested in the eighteenth century and a critical look at slavery.
Philippa Gregory is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987. The best known of her works is The Other Boleyn Girl (2001), which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association and has been adapted into two films.
