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The mistress of nothing / Kate Pullinger.
"Lady Duff Gordon is the toast of Victorian London society. But when her debilitating tuberculosis means exile, she and her devoted lady's maid, Sally, set sail for Egypt. It is Sally who describes, with a mixture of wonder and trepidation, the odd menage (marshalled by the resourceful Omar) that travels down the Nile to a new life in Luxor. When Lady Duff Gordon undoes her stays and takes to native dress, throwing herself into weekly salons, language lessons and excursions to the tombs, Sally too adapts to a new world, which affords her heady and heartfelt freedoms never known before. But freedom is a luxury that a maid can ill-afford, and when Sally grasps more than her status entitles her to, she is brutally reminded that she is mistress of nothing." --Provided by the publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385682541 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 300 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: [Toronto] : Anchor Canada, 2014.
- Copyright: ©2009.
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| Subject: | Duff Gordon, Lucie, Lady, 1821-1869 > Fiction. Aristocracy (Social class) > Fiction. English > Egypt > Fiction. Lady's maids > Fiction. Tuberculosis > Patients > Fiction. Egypt > History > 19th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Love stories. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Fort St. James Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Fort St. James Public Library | PUL (Text) | 35196001009401 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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Kate Pullinger's Governor General's Literary Award-winning novel about a lady, her maid and the man that comes between them.
Lady Duff Gordon is the toast of Victorian London society but when she contracts tuberculosis, she and her devoted lady's maid, Sally, set sail for Egypt and an entirely new life. Sally and Lady Duff Gordon thrive in their new and exotic surroundings, learning Arabic, adopting native dress and visiting the tombs of ancient pharaohs.
Soon, Sally adapts to this new world and to the heady freedom she's never known before. But freedom and romance are luxuries a lady's maid can ill afford. When Sally yearns for more than her status entitles her to, she receives a brutal reminder that she is the mistress of nothing.
