I really like Philippa Gregory as an author. I think she is an amazing historical fiction writer, she knows how to pull you in and keep the story interesting. This was a different type of story than she normally writes (King Henry 8th), but because I like her I decided to give it a try. It's about a woman who marries this man because she really has no other prospects and this guy wants to move up in the world by marrying her. He owns a shipping company with three ships and quickly moves onto slave trade. They also devise a scheme where they will bring a few good looking slaves back, train them in english and household chores and then sell them. Now of course the woman has no say in any of this because she is "owned" by her husband, so she gets stuck training these slaves and falls in love with one of the male slaves. Then the husband goes way too far into debt and you can probably guess how the story plays out.
It was nicely written but really not that great. I wasn't able to connect with any of the characters.
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