Cynthia Mc Leod and Kate Pullinger
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Kate Pullinger's novel The Mistress of Nothing follows Lady Duff Gordon, the toast of Victorian London, who sets sail with her lady’s maid, Sally, for a new life in Egypt. But as both women adapt, Sally learns that freedom is a luxury that a maid can ill afford.
Kate Pullinger was born in Canada and now lives in London. She collaborated with Jane Campion on the novel of the film The Piano.
Cynthia Mc Leod
Cynthia Mc Leod's novel The Free Negress Elisabeth draws on research into the real life of an 18th Century black Surinamese woman. Elisabeth Samson had millions of dollars, but she sought the forbidden: to marry a white man. How could a woman in a time of slavery have accumulated so much wealth? And why then was she so eager to marry a white man?
Cynthia Mc Leod is the daughter of the last Governor and first President of Suriname. She is is widely regarded as one of the leading authorities on Surinamese history.
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Time: 5:00pm
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