{"product_id":"the-fraud-9780241983096","title":"The Fraud","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eZadie Smith's novel 'The Fraud' is a historical novel set in Victorian England, following the real-life trial of the Tichborne Claimant. It explores the lives of Eliza Touchet, a cousin, housekeeper, and perhaps more, and William Harrison Ainsworth, a failing novelist. The book combines brilliantly researched and detailed history with intensely imagined fiction, and has been shortlisted for numerous awards. It is considered a masterpiece by critics and readers alike. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 06 June 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook of the Year 2023 according to\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eGuardian\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eEconomist\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eObserver\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eVogue\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eThe Times\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eThe Oldie\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003ei Paper\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eThe Standard\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eIndependent\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE WRITERS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE OF SARAH JESSICA PARKERS BEST BOOKS OF 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A writer at the peak of her powers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTruth and fiction. Jamaica and Britain. Who gets to tell their story?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her first historical novel,\u003cstrong\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e transports the reader to a Victorian England transfixed by the real-life trial of the \u003cstrong\u003eTichborne Claimant\u003c\/strong\u003e, in which a cockney butcher, recently returned from Australia, lays claim to the \u003cstrong\u003eTichborne baronetcy\u003c\/strong\u003e, with his former slave Andrew Bogle as star witness. Watching the proceedings, and with her own story to tell, is Eliza Touchet – cousin, housekeeper, and perhaps more – to failing novelist William Harrison Ainsworth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom literary London to the Jamaicas sugar-cane plantations,\u003cstrong\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e weaves an enthralling story linking the rich and the poor, the free and the enslaved, and the comic and the tragic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Its difficult to give any idea of how extraordinary this book is. One of the great historical novels, certainly. 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