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by JaneHarris (Author), Jane Harris (Author)

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LONGLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITING ASSOCIATION GOLD CROWN AWARD Based on a remarkable and little-known true story. Martinique, 1765, and brothers Emile and Lucien are charged by their French master with a mission. They must return to Grenada, the island they once called home, and smuggle back forty-two slaves claimed by English invaders. While Lucien, barely in his teens, sees the trip as a great adventure, the older and worldlier Emile has no illusions of the true dangers they will face . . .

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 464
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 06 Sep 2018

ISBN 10: 0571336957
ISBN 13: 9780571336951
Book Overview: Jane Harris's third novel is both a heart-breaking trip into our troubled colonial past, and a stunning act of literary ventriloquism.

Author Bio
Jane Harris was born in Belfast and brought up in Glasgow. Her debut novel, The Observations, was shortlisted for the 2007 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction, and she was also shortlisted for the British Book Awards Waterstone's Newcomer of the Year and the South Bank Show/Times Breakthrough Award. It was followed in 2011 by the highly acclaimed Gillespie & I, and that same year The Observations was chosen by Richard and Judy as one of their 100 Books of the Decade.