The Confessions of Frannie Langton, Sara Collins
The Confessions of Frannie Langton, Sara Collins
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The Confessions of Frannie Langton
A Novel

Author: Sara Collins

Narrator: Sara Collins, Roy McMillan

Unabridged: 12 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/21/2019


Synopsis

Don't miss the TV miniseries premiering March 8, exclusively on BritBox!“A blistering historical thriller.” — Entertainment WeeklyA servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in this breathtaking debut that moves from a Jamaican sugar plantation to the fetid streets of Georgian London—a gripping historical thriller with echoes of Alias Grace, The Underground Railroad, and The Paying Guests.All of London is abuzz with the scandalous case of Frannie Langton, accused of the brutal double murder of her employers, renowned scientist George Benham and his eccentric French wife, Marguerite. Crowds pack the courtroom, eagerly following every twist, while the newspapers print lurid theories about the killings and the mysterious woman being tried at the Old Bailey.The testimonies against Frannie are damning. She is a seductress, a witch, a master manipulator, a whore.But Frannie claims she cannot recall what happened that fateful evening, even if remembering could save her life. She doesn’t know how she came to be covered in the victims’ blood. But she does have a tale to tell: a story of her childhood on a Jamaican plantation, her apprenticeship under a debauched scientist who stretched all bounds of ethics, and the events that brought her into the Benhams’ London home—and into a passionate and forbidden relationship.Though her testimony may seal her conviction, the truth will unmask the perpetrators of crimes far beyond murder and indict the whole of English society itself.A brilliant, searing depiction of race, class, and oppression that penetrates the skin and sears the soul, it is the story of a woman of her own making in a world that would see her unmade. 

About Sara Collins

Sara Collins is of Jamaican descent and grew up in Grand Cayman and studied law at the London School of Economics and worked as a lawyer for seventeen years before doing a Master of Studies in Creative Writing at Cambridge University, where she was the recipient of the 2015 Michael Holroyd Prize for Creative Writing. Twitter: @mrsjaneymac


Reviews

Goodreads review by Will on May 17, 2023

No one knows the worst thing they’re capable of until they do it.--------------------------------------I never would have done what they say I’ve done, to Madame, because I loved her. Yet they say I must be put to death for it, and they want me to confess. But how can I confess what I don’t b......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on February 24, 2020

I appreciated the dark gothic tone of this story, and there were so many lines I wrote down because they were beautifully written. Here's one of my favorites: "I think the point of reading is not to feel more of a part of the world, but less. To take oneself out of it. On paper, everything can be ha......more