Mistress of My Fate

'A remarkable picture of a fascinating age' DAILY EXPRESS
'A full-blooded historical' INDEPENDENT

For fans of BBC TV's hit series HARLOTS
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My tale is not for the faint of heart.

Born illegitimate in Eighteenth Century England, Henrietta Lightfoot seeks to tell the truth about the events that shaped her into the woman she became in this candid confessional of a wide-eyed girl's journey to earthly libertine.

Tormented by her aristocratic relations, Henrietta flees her childhood home of Melmouth Park for London, only to fall face first into an underworld of rakes, rogues, wits, pimps and courtesans. It is not long before she realises that true liberty in this world designed for men can only be achieved the hard way.

In this deliciously deviant novel, Rubenhold gleefully illuminates the dark lives of the women written out of 18th century literature by the great male writers. Vibrant and full-blooded, it is an unputdownable picaresque 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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