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The mistress of nothing
Record details
- ISBN: 9781552788684
- ISBN: 9781552787984
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Physical Description:
249 p. : ports ; 22 cm.
print - Publisher: Toronto : McArthur, 2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Portraits on lining papers. Novel. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Genre: | Canadian fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Alert Bay Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alert Bay Public Library | AF PUL (Text) | 35125000106694 | Canadian | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Clare Clark feels the heat of 19th-century Egypt in the story of an English lady and her servant.
Lady Duff Gordon is the toast of Victorian London. But when her debilitating tuberculosis means exile, she and her devoted lady's maid, Sally, set sail for Egypt. It is Sally who describes, with a mixture of wonder and trepidation, the odd menage marshalled by the resourceful Omar, which travels down the Nile to a new life in Luxor. When Lady Duff Gordon undoes her stays and takes to native dress, throwing herself into weekly salons; language lessons; excursions to the tombs; Sally too adapts to a new world, affording her heady and heartfelt freedoms never known before. But freedom is a luxury that a maid can ill-afford, and when Sally grasps more than her status entitles her to, she is brutally reminded that she is mistress of nothing.
Lady Duff Gordon is the toast of Victorian London. But when her debilitating tuberculosis means exile, she and her devoted lady's maid, Sally, set sail for Egypt. It is Sally who describes, with a mixture of wonder and trepidation, the odd menage marshalled by the resourceful Omar, which travels down the Nile to a new life in Luxor. When Lady Duff Gordon undoes her stays and takes to native dress, throwing herself into weekly salons; language lessons; excursions to the tombs; Sally too adapts to a new world, affording her heady and heartfelt freedoms never known before. But freedom is a luxury that a maid can ill-afford, and when Sally grasps more than her status entitles her to, she is brutally reminded that she is mistress of nothing.
