In a present-day Britain where the British Empire never existed, wives and mothers strive for deliverance in a novel about oppression, autonomy, and family secrets by the author of The Peacekeeper .
And all that matters now, no matter the risk, is stealing freedom..
She is escaping with secrets.
Hunted and chased across borders by those she fled, Marie has stolen more than the family jewels.
She\'s looking for freedom but finds even more: an underground network of women like her, her estranged sister, and a greater mission to discover the truth behind their mother\'s inexplicable death.
After absconding with the family jewels, Marie fakes her own death and seeks a life outside the confines of her family and her marriage.
And barren wives like Marie are expendable trade.
Marriage is the only available occupation.
In this society, women are a reproductive commodity.
Marie, Duchess of Suffolk, has no choice.
There is, however, in an obscure island nation called England, a woman running for her life.
What if Europe had never colonized the world? It is a world that never had overseas empires, the transatlantic slave trade, or the Protestant Reformation.
In a present-day Britain where the British Empire never existed, wives and mothers strive for deliverance in a novel about oppression, autonomy, and family secrets by the author of The Peacekeeper
