The trader's wife
Jacobs, Anna2011
Books
Find it!
Singapore in the 1860s is exotic and yet terrifying for a penniless Englishwoman, alone and vulnerable after her mother's death. Too pretty to obtain a governess's job, Isabella Saunders accepts an offer from a Singapore merchant to teach him English and live with his family.
Main title:
The trader's wife / Anna Jacobs.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2011.
Collation:
325 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9781444711257 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.914823.9'14FIC
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1864575