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A RESPECTABLE TRADE is a poignant journey into various points of view on slavery and the slave trade…A thought-provoking spellbinder, rich in history, and fraught with emotion. A potent read for the discerning reader. |
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Rather than opt for comfortable characters and pat storylines, Ms Gregory has crafted a quiet, powerful meditation on the nature of mankind’s inhumanity toward our fellow man, and the compromises we make to excuse and obscure our choices… |
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There is much to admire in A Respectable Trade. The book is rich in historical detail, and Gregory draws her characters with assurance… |
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This often heartrending, brutally descriptive tale of this shameful period is graphically presented in this amazing novel… Well researched and beautifully written, A RESPECTABLE TRADE will demand your attention from the first page. |
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...Gregory tackles the issue of human trafficking with historical detail and compassion for those souls used as barter for profit. |
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The latest page-turner from Gregory is a sobering account of the English slave trade, with a bit of romance thrown in… A vivid depiction of the trade and the ruined lives left in its wake |
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..the book brilliantly shocks the conscience with its intimate and unsparing portrait of slavery. It's a romance, but not a sentimental one… Gregory's vivid portrait leaves one feeling complicit; as the abolitionist Doctor Hadley notes: "the cruelty we have learned will poison us forever. |
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