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The Mistress of Nothing

Kate Pullinger

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#8043 of 8,085 books · #1073 in Historical Fiction

Longlisted for the Giller Prize (2009).

Based on the real lives of Lady Lucie Duff Gordon and her maid, the story follows Sally as she travels with Lady Duff Gordon from London to Egypt working as a lady's maid. While her mistress seeks treatment for tuberculosis, Sally discovers the wider world and experiences more freedom than ever before, even going so far as to fall in love. Harsh realities intervene, however, causing Sally to come to terms with the limitations of her position as the mistress of nothing.

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Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
ISBN-13
9781847652423
Topics
Class and servitudeLove and forbidden relationshipsColonial Egypt

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