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Book SynopsisFrom the author of ‘Britons’, the story of the exceptional life of the intrepid Elizabeth Marsh – an extraordinary woman of her time who was caught up in trade, imperialism, war, exploration, migration, growing maritime reach, and new ideas. Linda Colley's new book breaks the boundaries between biography, family stories and global history.
Trade Review'This is a remarkable book, both for its contents and because it is a new species of biography…Linda Colley has written a full-blown economic romance with an extraordinary range…bringing all the resources of her skills as a historian
and researcher to her story. It is a major achievement and an enthralling narrative.’ Guardian
‘Compelling…exhilarating…as a work of big history illustrated with brilliant minatures it is a triumph.’ Sunday Times
'Stimulating and impressive…this is a remarkable life.' Financial Times
‘This excellent biography reads like an eighteenth century picaresque novel'. Daily Telegraph
Observer; 'A brilliant illumination of women's lives in Britain during its first imperial century… Colley liberates the humanity of Elizabeth's story and makes it sing for the modern reader'.
‘A minor miracle of biographical reconstruction…a fine historian.’ Sunday Telegraph
