Jacobs, Anna.

The trader's wife [text (large print)] / Anna Jacobs. - Large print edition - Leicester : Charnwood, 2012. - 431 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. - Traders ; 1 . - Jacobs, Anna. Traders ; 1. .

Complete and unabridged. "Will she embrace the challenge of a new life?" -- Cover. Standard print edition originally published : London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2011.

1865. Singapore in exotic and yet terrifying for a penniless Englishwoman, alone and vulnerable after her mother's death. Too pretty to obtain a governess's job, Isabella Saunders accepts an offer from Singapore merchant Mr Lee - to teach him English and live with his family. Two years later Bram Deagan arrives in Singapore, determined to make his fortune as a trader. Mr Lee, wanting to expand his business connections, persuades Isabella to marry Bram. She sets sail for a new land and life. But the past casts a long shadow...

Adult.

9781444813036 (hbk.) 144481303X (hbk.)

GBB257365 bnb

016103218 Uk


Large type books.


Singapore--History--1819-1867--Fiction.
Australia--History--1788-1900--Fiction.


Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.