Mistress of My Fate: By the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FIVE

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The pageturning debut historical novel by author of Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling and award-winning author of non-fiction hit, THE FIVE- THE WOMEN KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPER. Perfect for fans of BRIDGERTON and HARLOTS. For fans of BBC TV's hit series BRIDGERTON and HARLOTS 'A remarkable picture of a fascinating age' DAILY EXPRESS 'A full-blooded historical' INDEPENDENT _____________________ My tale is not for the faint of heart. Born illegitimate in eighteenth-century England, Henrietta Lightfoot confesses the truth about her scandalous life in this candid and astonishing coming-of-age. After fleeing her childhood home for London without a penny, Henrietta falls face first into a demi-monde of rakes, rogues, wits, pimps and courtesans. Forced to fend for herself, she begins to realize true liberty is a man's privilege. Can Henrietta survive as an independent woman in a world designed for men In this deliciously fast-paced novel, Rubenhold illuminates the dark lives of the women written out of eighteenth-century literature by the great male writers. Vibrant and full-blooded, it is an unputdownable picaresque story for our times 'Two parts Lizzie Bennett and Tom Jones's Sophia Western to one part Moll Flanders' INDEPENDENT 'Combines extraordinary bawdiness with silky sophistication' DAILY EXPRESS

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A remarkable picture of a fascinating age which combined extraordinary bawdiness with silky sophistication (think Hogarth and Gainsborough) * DAILY EXPRESS *
A full-blooded historical - two parts Lizzie Bennett and Tom Jones's Sophia Western to one part Moll Flanders - with a splash of Fanny Hill * INDEPENDENT *
This enticing novel, written with charm and originality, is full of period detail and historical insight * THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE *

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Hallie Rubenhold is a historian and broadcaster and an authority on womens' lives in the 18th century. She has worked as a curator for the National Portrait Gallery and as a university lecturer. Her first novel, Mistress of My Fate was received with great acclaim and her biography, Lady Worsley's Whim, was made into the hit BBC drama The Scandalous Lady W. She lives in London with her husband. Chat with her on Twitter @HallieRubenhold