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niyad

(119,939 posts)
Tue Apr 5, 2022, 05:30 PM Apr 2022

"A Gentlewoman's Guide To Murder", Victoria Hamilton.

I picked this up at the library, a truly fascinating read. A group of English society women in Regency England (1810) have come together to rescue children sold into sexual slavery to upper class pedophiles. One of the group, known in the tabloids s the Avengress, risks her life in these daring rescues. Hours after her latest rescue, the pervert is murdered, setting off a hunt for the killer that will shake th foundations of her world. A brilliant commentary on patriarchy, the non-status of women and children, slavery, and pedophilia and much more.

The timing of reading that today, and with all the gqp foaming about pedophiles, and the bill in TN, struck me as interesting, to say the least.

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"A Gentlewoman's Guide To Murder", Victoria Hamilton. (Original Post) niyad Apr 2022 OP
Just ordered it from an online used book store. Thanks! MLAA Apr 2022 #1
You are most welcome. Please let me know what you think of it. niyad Apr 2022 #2

MLAA

(18,602 posts)
1. Just ordered it from an online used book store. Thanks!
Tue Apr 5, 2022, 05:54 PM
Apr 2022

FYI while I use a kindle sometimes, I love paperback books. I use two used book /dvd websites that represent a lot of used bookstores and thrift stores around the country:

https://www.alibris.com/

https://www.thriftbooks.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjw0a-SBhBkEiwApljU0ssmQmXRqmN9ZzYiG_KVhFllrKZGwkFWSu6WslvYWS-TtPHQ0GjSwxoCEGYQAvD_BwE

Most books are a couple of dollars and then $4 or so for shipping per book.

niyad

(119,939 posts)
2. You are most welcome. Please let me know what you think of it.
Tue Apr 5, 2022, 09:45 PM
Apr 2022

And thank you for the reminder about those two websites!

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