![]() ![]() ![]() Scarred by smallpox, stifled by her social and romantic options, and trapped in twisted power games with her wastrel brother, she is desperate for an escape.After a disastrous, life-changing fight sidelines Ruth, the two women meet, and it alters the perspectives of both of them. ![]() ![]() That is until she meets pugilist patron George Dryer and discovers her true calling fighting bare knuckles in the prize rings of Bristol.Manor-born Charlotte has a different cross to bear. While her sister s beauty affords a certain degree of comfort, Ruth s harsh looks set her on a path of drudgery. The "Crimson Petal and the White" meets "Fight Club" in this page-turning novel set in the world of female pugilists and their patrons in late-eighteenth-century England.Moving from a filthy brothel to a fine manor house, from the world of street fighters to the world of champions, "The Fair Fight" is a vivid, propulsive historical novel announcing the arrival of a dynamic new talent.Born in a brothel, Ruth doesn t expect much for herself beyond abuse. ![]()
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