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      • A servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in this astonishing historical thriller that moves from a Jamaican sugar plantation to the fetid streets of Georgian London--a remarkable literary debut with echoes of Alias Grace, The Underground Railroad, and The Paying Guests.
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  2. The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins is a novel published in 2019. The novel follows the story of the eponymous Frannie Langton, a young Black woman on trial in early-19th-century London for the murders of the couple she worked for.

  3. Apr 4, 2019 · All of London is abuzz with the scandalous case of Frannie Langton, accused of the brutal double murder of her employers, renowned scientist George Benham and his eccentric French wife, Marguerite.

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  4. May 21, 2019 · Book Summary. A servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in this astonishing historical thriller that moves from a Jamaican sugar plantation to the fetid streets of Georgian London.

  5. Part 1, Chapter 1 Summary. Content Warning: The source material for this guide discusses scientific racism and eugenics, slavery, violence against women and sex workers, child death, miscarriage, lynching, drug addiction, public execution, torture, and suicide.

  6. Jun 19, 2020 · Crowds gather at the gates of the Old Bailey to watch as Frannie Langton, maid to Mr and Mrs Benham, goes on trial for their murder. The testimonies against her are damning – slave, whore, seductress.

  7. The Confessions of Frannie Langton - Historical Novel Society. Written by Sara Collins. Review by Linda Sever. It is 1826, and in London, a former Jamaican slave, Frannie Langton, is working as a servant to Mr and Mrs Benham, a highly respected philosopher and his wife. Frannie has a good life.

  8. The Confessions of Frannie Langton follows the maid of Mr and Mrs Benham, Frannie Langton, as she is put on trial for their murder. But through her fevered confessions, one burning question haunts Frannie Langton: could she have murdered the only person she ever loved?

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