Inventing Victoria
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Inventing Victoria booktalk -
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Victoria 2 – How The South Invented Communism -
Birth of the Vibrator | Original Sin: Sex -
How Did Victorian Women Deal With Their Periods? -
Victorian Inventions That Changed The Way We Live | How Victorians Built Britain | Absolute History -
How The Victorians Washed Their Garments | Victorian Farm | Absolute History -
How Victorians Boiled Themselves To Death In Their Gas Baths | Hidden Killers | Absolute History -
Queen Victoria's Favourite Lavish Indian Dishes | Royal Recipes | Real Royalty with Foxy Games -
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In a searing historical novel, Tonya Bolden illuminates post-Reconstruction America in an intimate portrait of a determined young woman who dares to seize the opportunity of a lifetime.
As a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Essie's dreams are very much at odds with her reality. Ashamed of her beginnings, but unwilling to accept the path currently available to her, Essie is trapped between the life she has and the life she wants.
Until she meets a lady named Dorcas Vashon, the richest and most cultured black woman she's ever encountered. When Dorcas makes Essie an offer she can't refuse, she becomes Victoria. Transformed by a fine wardrobe, a classic education, and the rules of etiquette, Victoria is soon welcomed in the upper echelons of black society in Washington, D. C. But when the life she desires is finally within her grasp, Victoria must decide how much of herself she is truly willing to surrender.