In 18th-century France, Enlightenment is at odds with the absolute power of the King, who is determined to suppress opposition on pain of death.
Delphine Vimond flees to Paris after being cast out from her home in Rouen when her father is disgraced.
Into her life tumbles Chancery Smith, apprentice printer from London, sent to discover the mysterious author of potentially seditious papers marked only D.
In a battle of wits with the French censor, Henri Gilbert, Delphine and Chancery set off in a frantic search for D’s author.
But who is he – and does he even exist?
Privilege by Guinevere Glasfurd is published on 12 May, 2022.
She’s written about the parallels between present-day concerns and the background to her earlier novel, set in 1816 at a time of climatic catastrophe and political unrest, in The Year Without Summer – fact, fiction and the climate crisis today. This sweeping, ambitious book was shortlisted for the 2020 HWA Gold Crown Award.
