Pullinger, Kate

The mistress of nothing / Kate Pullinger - Toronto, Ont. : McArthur & Company , 2010, c2009. - 250 p. ; 20 cm.

Originally published: UK : Serpent's Tail, 2009.

When her mistress departs from Victorian London society to seek relief from tuberculosis symptoms in Egypt, maid Sally throws herself into their new culture and comes to know freedoms she has never experienced before she is harshly reminded of her humble station in life.

Governor General's Literary Award

9781552788684

2009529973


Duff Gordon, Lucie , Lady , 1821-1869 ----Fiction.


Aristocracy (Social class)----Fiction
Tuberculosis----Patients----Fiction


Egypt----Fiction


Historical fiction
Love stories

PR9199.3.P775 / M57 2009

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