Mistress of My Fate
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  • Published: 31 August 2021
  • ISBN: 9780552162517
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $29.99
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Mistress of My Fate

By the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FIVE

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1 Sep 2011
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21 Jan 2021
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31 Aug 2021
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The pageturning debut historical novel by author of Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling and award-winning author of non-fiction hit, THE FIVE: THE WOMEN KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPER. Perfect for fans of BRIDGERTON and HARLOTS.

Perfect fiction for fans of BBC TV's hit series BRIDGERTON and HARLOTS

'A remarkable picture of a fascinating age' Daily Express
'A full-blooded historical' Independent
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My tale is not for the faint of heart.

Born illegitimate in eighteenth-century England, the scandalous Henrietta Lightfoot gives us her version of the truth about her criminal life in this delicious coming-of-age.

Fleeing her childhood home for the big city, Henrietta is now swimming in the London underworld of rakes, rogues, sharks, pimps and courtesans - she quickly sees that true liberty is a man's privilege.

What must Henrietta do to survive in a world designed for men?

Gripping, twisty, shocking, MISTRESS OF MY FATE illuminates the dark lives of the women written out by the masters of eighteenth-century literature. Vibrant and full-blooded, it is an irresistible picaresque story for our times

'Two parts Lizzie Bennett and Tom Jones's Sophia Western to one part Moll Flanders' INDEPENDENT

'Combines extraordinary bawdiness with silky sophistication' DAILY EXPRESS
  • Published: 31 August 2021
  • ISBN: 9780552162517
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

About the author

Hallie Rubenhold

Hallie Rubenhold is the Number One Sunday Times bestselling and Baillie Gifford Non-Fiction prize-winning social historian whose expertise lies in revealing stories of previously unknown women and episodes in history. By drawing upon a wealth of formerly unseen archival material and adding a full historical context to the victims' lives, The Five changes the narrative of these murders for ever. Rubenhold's books include Lady Worsley's Whim, dramatized by the BBC as 'The Scandalous Lady W', and Covent Garden Ladies: The Extraordinary Story of Harris's List, which inspired the ITV series 'Harlots'. She has also written two acclaimed novels of female intrigue, revenge and betrayal: Mistress of My Fate and The French Lesson. She lives in London with her husband.

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Also by Hallie Rubenhold

The Five
Story of a Murder
The French Lesson
The Scandalous Lady W
Harris's List of the Covent Garden Ladies
The Covent Garden Ladies
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Praise for Mistress of My Fate

A remarkable picture of a fascinating age which combined extraordinary bawdiness with silky sophistication (think Hogarth and Gainsborough)

DAILY EXPRESS

A full-blooded historical - two parts Lizzie Bennett and Tom Jones's Sophia Western to one part Moll Flanders - with a splash of Fanny Hill

INDEPENDENT

This enticing novel, written with charm and originality, is full of period detail and historical insight

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