First look images of The Confessions of Frannie Langton bring Sara Collins' gothic novel to life
The gothic novel is set in an opulent Georgian London where a young slave, Frannie Langton (played by Karla-Simone Spence) is accused of murdering her owners.
Born into a life of slavery, the drama follows Frannie from a Jamaican plantation to the grand Mayfair mansion of the renowned scientist George Benham (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his wife Madame Marguerite Benham (Sophie Cookson).
Frannie is gifted to Benham by the man who owns her, John Langton (Steven Mackintosh), and she is employed as a maid in the household.