Trader's Wife

Singapore in the 1860s is exotic and yet terrifying for Isabella Saunders, a penniless Englishwoman, alone and vulnerable after her mother''s death. Too pretty to obtain a governess''s job, she accepts an offer from Mr Lee, a Singapore merchant, to teach him English and live with his family.

Two years later Bram Deagan arrives in the country, determined to make his fortune as a trader. Mr Lee sees ...