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...