{"product_id":"a-factory-of-cunning-paperback","title":"A Factory of Cunning - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilippa Stockley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in late eighteenth-century England, Philippa Stockley's American debut gives us a wickedly delightful but deadly serious battle of the wills and the sexes. It begins with the arrival in London of the mysterious Mrs. Fox--on the run from a scandalous French past--who takes a new identity, determined to reinvent herself. She must pit her formidable skills for revenge against Earl Much, a British aristocrat with no less notorious a past and easily her match in sinfulness and intrigue. Between these two swirls a story featuring venal lords, wronged maidens, and reprobate clergymen, transporting readers from bawdy houses to country estates--places where the pleasures of the flesh are both high comedy and serious business. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Factory of Cunning\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers to the world immortal­ized in \u003cem\u003eDangerous Liaisons.\u003c\/em\u003e And, like Michel Faber's \u003cem\u003eThe Crimson Petal and the White, \u003c\/em\u003e the vividly rendered setting and characters give the thrill of a fresh discovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA squelchingly well-researched period piece with sex, lust, overripeness and what one character calls the 'odour' of the scholar permeating every paragraph. It is also . . . a remarkable tour de force, jampacked with poetry, verbal fireworks, vitality and charm.--\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator \u003c\/i\u003e[UK] \u003cbr\u003e\"The pages of this unscrupulous story are lined with lace, silk and muslin -- all of it stitched together in a fabric of shimmering deceit.\"-- \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this elaborate and finely woven novel set in 18th Century London, Mrs. Fox, a French noblewoman with a scandalous past, squares off against Earl Much, a debauched British aristocrat, in a battle of will and deceit that will claim many casualties along the way.Intent on improving her station in Georgian society, Mrs. Fox trades upon her considerable powers of wit and seduction in order toprofit from theappetites of men. Her rival, however, is a crafty and resourceful man who has devoted his life to collecting priceless objects and ruining young women, and he will not be so easily beaten. Reminiscent of the world brought to life in \u003ci\u003eDangerous Liaisons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Factory of Cunning\u003c\/i\u003e is seductive, calculating, and thoroughly entertaining. \u003cbr\u003ePhilippa Stockley studied English at Oxford and period costume history at the Courtauld Institute. She produced her first illustrated novel at six and her first stage design at ten. A professional painter and designer, as well as an editor at the Evening Standard, she lives in London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227262009593,"sku":"9780156030670","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SE5DSHA2YzNyMHJIWVQ4Vko4VklrUT09.webp?v=1768279210","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-factory-of-cunning-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}