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.Īfter a disastrous, life-changing fight sidelines Ruth, the two women meet, and it alters the perspectives of both of them. Manor-born Charlotte has a different cross to bear. That is until she meets pugilist patron Granville Dryer and discovers her true calling - fighting bare knuckles in the prize rings of Bristol. While her sister's beauty affords a certain degree of comfort, Ruth's harsh looks set her on a path of drudgery. 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.īorn in a brothel, Ruth doesn't expect much for herself beyond abuse. The Crimson Petal and the White meets Fight Club in this pause-resistant novel set in the world of female pugilists and their patrons in late-18th-century England.
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