A Factory of Cunning

Description

18th century aristocratic tale - evil earls, bawdy clerics and a plot full of twists and turns.

Description

"Set in late eighteenth-century England, Philippa Stockley's American debut gives us a wickedly delightful but deadly serious battle of the wills and the sexes. It begins with the arrival in London of the mysterious Mrs. Fox--on the run from a scandalous French past--who takes a new identity, determined to reinvent herself. She must pit her formidable skills for revenge against Earl Much, a British aristocrat with no less notorious a past and easily her match in sinfulness and intrigue. Between these two swirls a story featuring venal lords, wronged maidens, and reprobate clergymen, transporting readers from bawdy houses to country estates--places where the pleasures of the flesh are both high comedy and serious business. A Factory of Cunning takes readers to the world immortal-ized in Dangerous Liaisons. And, like Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White, the vividly rendered setting and characters give the thrill of a fresh discovery."--Publisher's website. Assuming a new identity to put distance between herself and her scandalous French past, Mrs. Fox pits her formidable skills for revenge against a notorious earl, in a story involving venal lords, wronged maidens, and reprobate clergymen.

First Sentence

If I ever travel to a strange country again it will in a straight-sided box.

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Other Editions

• A factory of cunningW.F. Howes2005-01-01
• A Factory of CunningHarcourt2005-04-11
• A Factory of CunningHardcoverLittle, Brown2005-02-03
• Factory of CunningLittle, Brown Book Group Limited2006-01-01
• A Factory of CunningHarvest Books2006-09-05
• Factory of CunningBloomsbury Publishing Plc2012-01-01
• Factory of CunningBloomsbury Publishing Plc2012-01-01