{"product_id":"a-factory-of-cunning","title":"A Factory Of Cunning","description":"Set in late eighteenth-century England, Philippa Stockley’s American debut gives us a wickedly delightful but deadly serious battle of the wills and the sexes. It begins with the arrival in London of the mysterious Mrs. Fox—on the run from a scandalous French past—who takes a new identity, determined to reinvent herself. She must pit her formidable skills for revenge against Earl Much, a British aristocrat with no less notorious a past and easily her match in sinfulness and intrigue. Between these two swirls a story featuring venal lords, wronged maidens, and reprobate clergymen, transporting readers from bawdy houses to country estates—places where the pleasures of the flesh are both high comedy and serious business.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Factory of Cunning\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers to the world immortal­ized in \u003cem\u003eDangerous Liaisons.\u003c\/em\u003e And, like Michel Faber’s \u003cem\u003eThe Crimson Petal and the White,\u003c\/em\u003e the vividly rendered setting and characters give the thrill of a fresh discovery.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Philippa Stockley","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55253344190755,"sku":"9780156030670","price":17.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156030670.jpg?v=1781817656","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/a-factory-of-cunning","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}