The Confessions of Frannie Langton

Posted on 25 November 2017 by Sara Collins

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.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 Crowds pack the courtroom, eagerly following every twist, while the newspapers print lurid theories about the killings and the mysterious woman being held in the Old Bailey.The testimonies against Frannie are damning She is a seductress, a witch, a master manipulator, a whore.But Frannie claims she cannot recall what happened that fateful evening, even if remembering could save her life She doesn t know how she came to be covered in the victims blood But she does have a tale to tell a story of her childhood on a Jamaican plantation, her apprenticeship under a debauched scientist who stretched all bounds of ethics, and the events that brought her into the Benhams London home and into a passionate and forbidden relationship.Though her testimony may seal her conviction, the truth will unmask the perpetrators of crimes far beyond murder and indict the whole of English society itself.The Confessions of Frannie Langton is a breathtaking debut a murder mystery that travels across the Atlantic and through the darkest channels of history A brilliant, searing depiction of race, class, and oppression that penetrates the skin and sears the soul, it is the story of a woman of her own making in a world that would see her unmade. New Download Kindle ePUB The Confessions of Frannie Langton author Sara Collins – kino-fada.fr London, circa 1820, and servant Frannie Langton is on trial accused of murdering her Master and Mistress The problem is that she can t remember anything about that fateful night, however, she can t believe that she d murder her mistress, she loved her too much to hurt her, didn t she Frannie has come a long way since her days as a slave on the sugar plantation in Jamaica, not just in terms of geographical distance but in terms of her life s journey too This complex character wears many labels London, circa 1820, and servant Frannie Langton is on trial accused of murdering her Master and Mistress The problem is that she can t remember anything about that fateful night, however, she can t believe that she d murder her mistress, she loved her too much to hurt her, didn t she Frannie has come a long way since her days as a slave on the sugar plantation in Jamaica, not just in terms of geographical distance but in terms of her life s journey too This complex character wears many labels slave, servant, Lady s companion, w...The Confessions of Frannie Langton is an unusual book, some critics call it even a true gothic novel, and it is all due to the protagonist, Frannie, and the fate that led her to the gallows Her life is brutal ,cruel and tragic, beginning on a plantation called Paradise in the West Indies, where she experiences most horrid treatment and is a witness and a forced party to the cruellest experiments by Paradise owner, but where she is taught to read, which makes her a most unique mulatta , and l The Confessions of Frannie Langton is an unusual book, some critics call it even a true gothic novel, and it is all due to the protagonist, Frannie, and the fate that led her to the gallows Her life is brutal ,cruel and tragic, beginning on a plantation called Paradise in the West Indies, where she experiences most horrid treatment and is a witness and a forced party to the cruellest experiments by Paradise owner, but where she is taught to read, which makes her a most unique mulatta , and later in London, where she is given as a servant slavery was illegal by then in Great Britain to a fashionable Georgian couple in London who are not what they seem to be Regarding Frannie, she is one of the most disturbing characters I have met recently, which is due to the way she was shaped by her childhood and adolecent years on the plantation, however, I did relate to her through her suffering and dark experience to which she had no say Her life in London and ...No one knows the worst thing they re capable of until they do it I never would have done what they say I ve done, to Madame, because I loved her Yet they say I must be put to death for it, and they want me to confess But how can I confess what I don t believe I ve done London, 1826 We know that George and Marguerite Benham are dead We know that their mulatta Jamaica servant, Frannie Langton, has been charged with two counts of murder and is facing tri No one knows the worst thing they re capable of until they do it I never would have done what they say I ve done, to Madame, because I loved her Yet they say I must be put to death for it, and they want me to confess But how can I confess what I don t believe I ve done London, 1826 We know that George and Marguerite Benham are dead We know that their mulatta Jamaica servant, Frannie Langton, has been charged with two counts of murder and is facing trial at the Old Bailey We know that Frannie was reputed to have had a particularly intimate relationship with the Missus And we know that Frannie was found asleep in Mrs Benham s bed when her mistress s bloody body was found We know that Frannie has refused to speak in her own defense What we...Update this is a steal for 1.99 Terrific well written thought provoking novel It s a fairy new release great kindle price Noir fiction is a literary genre closely related to hardboiled genre, with distinction that the protagonist is not a detective, but instead either a victim, a suspect, or a perpetrator Other common characteristics include a self destructive protagonist Frannie Langton, mulatta, house girl on a sugar plantation in Jamaica to a bought slave, Abigail Secretary Update this is a steal for 1.99 Terrific well written thought provoking novel It s a fairy new release great kindle price Noir fiction is a literary genre closely related to hardboiled genre, with distinction that the protagonist is not a detective, but instead either a victim, a suspect, or a perpetrator Other common characteristics include a self destructive protagonist Frannie Langton, mulatta, house girl on a sugar plantation in Jamaica to a bought slave, Abigail Secretary.in 1820 s, London.fits the noir description to a t She s accused of murdering her employers, George Benham and his wife M...April, 1826 The gallery at the Old Bailey was filled to overflowing with quality folk and ordinary folk there to witness the trial of Frances Langton, indicted for the willful murder of George and Marguerite Benham Frannie s owner George, was found stabbed to death in the library while wife Marguerite, was discovered in her bedchamber Frannie was soundly asleep next to Madame s body Frannie s hands and shirt sleeves were covered in blood.Frannie had refused or was unable to discuss what April, 1826 The gallery at the Old Bailey was filled to overflowing with quality folk and ordinary folk there to witness the trial of Frances Langton, indicted for the willful murder of George and Marguerite Benham Frannie s owner George, was found stabbed to death in the library while wife Marguerite, was discovered in her bedchamber Frannie was soundly asleep next to Madame s body Frannie s hands and shirt sleeves were covered in blood.Frannie had refused or was unable to discuss what happened that night Defense lawyer, John Pettigrew, suggested that she explain herself using paper and quill My intentions in writing my jailhouse musings, it s my life, I want to assemble the pieces of it myself For every crime there are two stories, and that an Old Bailey trial is the story of the crime, not the story of the prisoner That story is the one only I can tell Frances Langton was born in Paradise, Jamaica She worke...You can never be free of the inner workings of your mind It travels well within those tiny crevices no matter the miles.Sara Collins sets her story down among the fields of Plantation Paradise in Jamaica in 1825 Don t be misled This is hardly a paradise The owners see to that at every turn John Langton and his wife, Miss Bella, run their plantation with an iron fist Miss Bella is ill suited for life in Jamaica The intense heat, the random storms, and the complete isolation will spark her You can never be free of the inner workings of your mind It travels well within those tiny crevices no matter the miles.Sara Collins sets her story down among the fields of Plantation Paradise in Jamaica in 1825 Don t be misled This is hardly a paradise The owners see to that at every turn John Langton and his wife, Miss Bella, run their plantation with an iron fist Miss Bella is ill suited for life in Jamaica The intense heat, the random storms, and the complete isolation will spark her temper and shorten her patience Nothing seems to be worthy of her time Not ...I think the premise of the book is brilliant a former slave girl, educated, brought to London,intellectual than the free white folk , determined, not bent, headstrong And I was so excited when I read in the beginning of the novel, that this will not be a slave s story, which we have read manytimes, but it will be a black Jane Eyre, a Jamaican girl s own gothic romance I was a bit disappointed that it took 15% of the book to go to London, and it did take long to open up the plot, I think the premise of the book is brilliant a former slave girl, educated, brought to London,intellectual than the free white folk , determined, not bent, headstrong And I was so excited when I read in the beginning of the novel, that this will not be a slave s story, which we have read manytimes, but it will be a black Jane Eyre, a Jamaican girl s own gothic romance I was...3.5 starsThe good stuff Collins shows tremendous skill in giving her characters voices Phibbah with her Jamaican accent sounds completely different from Frannie who teaches herself to speak proper English, and whose speech is peppered with similes that actually work Also the first part of the narrative set on a slave plantation in Jamaica manages to disrupt the story we ve heard many times before yes, slavery is horrific, but the literary representation of it can get repetitive I had s 3.5 starsThe good stuff Collins shows tremendous skill in giving her characters voices Phibbah with her Jamaican accent sounds completely different from Frannie who teaches herself to speak proper English, and whose speech is peppered with similes that actually work Also the first part of the narrative set on a slave plantation in Jamaica manages to disrupt the story we ve heard many times before yes, slavery is horrific, but the literary representation of it can get repetitive I had such high hopes of where this book might take us But then w...4.5 Stars rounded up to 5 The Mulatta Murderess, as people of London call Frannie Langton, is on trial for a murder of Mr and Mrs Bunham The reader gets to know Frannie s past and the circumstances that led her inside of 1820s England s courtroom through Frannie s confessions, which she writes to her lawyer She leads us on a painful, horrifying, and truly unnerving journey of her life, from living as a house girl on a Jamaican plantation to her life in London, as a secretary to Meg Bun 4.5 Stars rounded up to 5 The Mulatta Murderess, as people of London call Frannie Langton, is on trial for a murder of Mr and Mrs Bunham The reader gets to know Frannie s past and the circumstances that led her inside of 1820s England s courtroom through Frannie s confessions, which she writes to her lawyer She leads us on a painful, horrifying, and truly unnerving journey of her life, from living as a house girl on a Jamaican plantation to her life in London, as a secretary to Meg Bunham We get to know Frann...Damn, Sara Collins can write For a book that exuded so much sadness this was also imbued with such an overarching beauty that made its parallel stand out, in stark contrast, and made the events that unfurled all thepoignant for it.This is, as the title suggests, fictional Frannie Langton s autobiography of her life She begins her tale in sun ripened Jamaica, as a slave on a sugar plantation, and ends it in rain soaked London, on trial for the murder of her employers The reader is invite Damn, Sara Collins can write For a book that exuded so much sadness this was also imbued with such an overarching beauty that made its parallel stand out, in stark contrast, and made the events that unfurled all thepoignant for it.This is, as the title suggests, fictional Frannie Langton s autobiography of her life She begins her tale in sun ripened Jamaica, as a slave on a sugar plantation, and ends it in rain soaked London, on trial for the murder of her employers The reader is invited to bear witness to all the events in between, and her treatment at the hands of all those who saw a black skinned Jamacain in the 19th century as nothingthan a possession.Whilst the ultimate mystery was at the heart of the narrative, the gentle unravell...Next pick from the TBR box Excited for this oneFrannie Langton is a mulatta woman in 19th century England being tried for the murder of her master and his wife She protests her innocence but gives us Confessions as her accounting Gothic in style, The Confessions of Frannie Langton turns the typical slave narrative on its head Although our protagonist makes it a point to say that she does not want to focus on the abomination that is slavery her testimony makes it hard to overlook these atrocities I could not help but make comparisons to Frannie Langton is a mulatta woman in 19th century England being tried for the murder of her master and his wife She protests her innocence but gives us Confessions as her accounting Gothic in style, The Confessions of Frannie Langton turns the typical slave narrative on its head Although our protagonist makes it a point to say that she does not want to focus on the abomination that is slavery her testimony makes it hard to overlook these atrocities I could not help but make comparisons to Edugyan s Washington Black The parallels that I saw between the two books were Both looked at science and discovery in the 1800 s and how the scientific method was both driven by and...Collins is my new favourite Author, she really has such an amazing ability to make her characters so powerful in lots of aspects, I really enjoyed all the choices she wrote within this beautiful book The book is merged with compulsion, lies and murder It has a very complexed story that follow Frannie a brave and clever girl which survives lots of awful things, topics that were elaborated in a perfect way.Sara has written a really powerful debut which describes the story of the slave trade and Collins is my new favourite Author, she really has such an amazing ability to make her characters so powerful in lots of aspects, I really enjoyed all the choices she wrote within this beautiful book The book is merged with compulsion, lies and murder It has a very complexed story that follow Frannie a brave and clever girl which survives lots of awful things, topics that were elaborated in a perfect way.Sara has written a really powerful debut which describes the story of the slave trade and what it is like to live as one in them times Frannie s father was white and the time she was living people were still in thoughts that black humans are a disgust and when you read this point of view I really love how Sara has portrayed it, the settings were astounding beautifully written, the book is really thought provoking.The slave narrative is really powerful, and very unique in a kind of way, it makes you think how and why were people li...Genre Historical FictionPublisher Harper CollinsPub Date May 21, 2019Martie s Rating 3 1 2 StarsThis novel is good, unusual, but not unusually good, although it could have been There may be too much going on, which I will get to, but at its center is a gripping narrative about a female servant in England who was a former Jamaican slave In 1826, she is accused of the brutal double murder of her employer and his wife, George and Marguerite Benham The first half of the tale is written Genre Historical FictionPublisher Harper CollinsPub Date May 21, 2019Martie s Rating 3 1 2 StarsThis novel is good, unusual, but not unusually good, although it could have been There may be too much going on, which I will get to, but at its center is a gripping narrative about a female servant in England who was a former Jamaican slave In 1826, she is accused of the brutal double murder of her employer and his wife, George and Marguerite Benham The first half of the tale is written so well We meet Frannie in jail writing her life s story She was born on a West Indian plantation whose master, John Langton, is a sadist Spoiler She is her master s bastard daughter As a child, she was tau...Here we go again with this year s virtue signalling themes Slavery, sexual abuse, gender identity, aren t men awful, no wonder women are driven to lesbianism and dressing up as men It wouldn t be so bad if this kind of loose victim lit wasn t quite so incoherent Is lesbianism really a result of men being horrible, nasty rapists and abusers I m guessing if one suggested that outright, one would be shouted down, and rightly so, so surely authors who re desperately trying to make points, should Here we go again with this year s virtue signalling themes Slavery, sexual abuse, gender identity, aren t men awful, no wonder women are driven to lesbianism and dressing up as men It wouldn t be so bad if this kind of loose victim lit wasn t quite so incoherent Is lesbianism really a result of men being horrible, nasty rapists and abusers I m guessing if one suggested that outright, one would be shouted down, and rightly so, so surely authors who re desperately trying to make points, should think through the points they re inadvertently making I am so tired of literary misandry, and of feminists who think misogyny is bad but misandry s just fine.This is the second book I ve begun this year which rests on the idea of a slave being educated by his or her master to assist in scientific experiments I find it highly unlikely that Frannie could gain the equivalent of what seems like a graduate level education i...

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25 November 2017

Sara Collins