{"product_id":"9780547840116","title":"Accidents of Providence","description":"\u003cbr\u003eRachel Lockyer is under investigation for murder.\u003cp\u003eIt is 1649. King Charles has been beheaded for treason. Amid civil war, Cromwell's army is running the country. The Levellers, a small faction of political agitators, are calling for rights to the people. And a new law targeting unwed mothers and “lewd women” presumes anyone who conceals the death of her illegitimate child is guilty of murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Lockyer, unmarried glove maker, and William Walwyn, Leveller hero, are locked in a secret affair. But while William is imprisoned in the Tower, a child is found buried in the woods and Rachel is arrested.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo comes an investigation, public trial, and a cast of extraordinary characters made up of ordinary Londoners: gouty investigator Thomas Bartwain, fiery Elizabeth Lilburne and her revolution-chasing husband, Huguenot glover Mary Du Gard, a lawyer for the prosecution hell-bent on making an example of Rachel, and others. Spinning within are Rachel and William, their remarkable love story, and the miracles that come to even the commonest lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAccidents of Providence\u003c\/i\u003e is absorbing historical fiction for fans of \u003ci\u003eFingersmith \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Dress Lodger\u003c\/i\u003e. And Rachel Lockyer, a woman wronged by her time, is a character neither history, nor we, will ever again forget.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47634349752560,"sku":"9780547840116","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547840116_p0.jpg?v=1763717470","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547840116","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}