Privilege
Glasfurd-Brown, Guinevere2022
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'I thought of the books we carried and the hands that would one day hold them. The pages read, turned and discussed. And how the book would become thought and the thought then become the person gone out into the world. Let Gilbert try and put a stop to that.' After her father is disgraced, Delphine Vimond is cast out of her home in Rouen and flees to Paris. Into her life tumbles Chancery Smith, apprentice printer sent from London to discover the mysterious author of potentially incendiary papers marked only D. In a battle of wits with the French censor, Henri Gilbert, Delphine and Chancery set off in a frantic search for D's author. But who is D and does D even exist? Privilege is a story of adventure and mishap set against the turmoil of mid-18th century France at odds with the absolute power of the King who is determined to suppress opposition on pain of death. At a time when books required royal privilege before they could be published - a system enforced by the Chief Censor and a network of spies - many were censored or banned, and their authors harshly punished. Books that fell foul of the system were published outside France and smuggled back in at great risk.
Main title:
Privilege / Guinevere Glasfurd.
Author:
Glasfurd-Brown, Guinevere, author
Imprint:
London : Two Roads, an imprint of John Murray Press, 2022.©2022
Collation:
336 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Who gets to be heard?"--Front cover.
ISBN:
97815293429189781529342918
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
Censorship -- France -- History -- 18th century -- FictionPublishers and publishing -- France -- History -- 18th century -- FictionProhibited books -- France -- History -- 18th century -- FictionLiterature and state -- France -- History -- 18th century -- FictionPrinters -- FictionInterpersonal relations -- FictionFrance -- History -- Louis XV, 1715-1774 -- FictionFrance -- Intellectual life -- 18th century -- FictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
512305
More Information:
Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | GLAS | Onloan - Due: 23 Aug 2024 |
Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | GLAS | Onloan - Due: 19 Aug 2024 |