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novels about slavery

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Post by Ash » Thu February 18th, 2010, 2:53 am

Duh - yes. I didn't remember that this is an old thread, and if you look upthread just a bit you'll see my post from a year or so ago, same book! Yikes

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Post by annis » Thu February 18th, 2010, 4:11 am

Hey, Ash, I'd be the last to knock you --these days I have many 'lost plot" moments - I'm pleased I got this right, even if the answer was already there if I'd gone back a bit!

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Post by cw gortner » Fri February 19th, 2010, 3:32 am

I've been reading marvelous reviews for Andrea Levy's The Long Song, set in a plantation in Jamaica shortly before and after the Baptist revolt of 1831-32. It's on my TBR list.

The Known World is also a gorgeous novel about the effects of the aftermath of slavery.
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Post by annis » Fri February 19th, 2010, 4:56 am

Andrea Levy's book sounds very interesting, CW. I've just been at her website and there's a bit about the novel and a picture of the cover, which is gorgeous.
http://www.andrealevy.co.uk/
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Post by Margaret » Fri February 19th, 2010, 5:38 pm

Andrea Levy's book sounds very interesting, CW. I've just been at her website and there's a bit about the novel and a picture of the cover, which is gorgeous.
http://www.andrealevy.co.uk/
Also, an excerpt from the opening, which is irresistible. This book is going onto my TBR - though where I will work it in is not yet clear ...
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Post by annis » Sat February 20th, 2010, 1:08 am

Another novel about slavery in Jamaica is Marion Jones' "Book of the Night Women"

I seem to remember that a slave revolt in Jamaica is part of Diana Norman's sprawling 18th century novel "Shores of Darkness", which follows a conspiracy about a potential successor to Queen Anne of England half-way around the world, taking in Flanders, the court of the Sun King in France, and Jamaica.

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Post by Ariadne » Sat February 20th, 2010, 1:52 am

I loved Shores of Darkness, it's my favorite of Norman's that I've read so far, although by now I have only the vaguest recollection of the plotline... other than that it had Anne Bonny in it, as well as Queen Anne, and it was incredibly witty and clever.

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Post by annis » Sat February 20th, 2010, 2:01 am

I went to check my copy of "Shores of Darkness" before to refresh my memory of it and do you think i can find it? I know it's here somewhere--

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Post by cw gortner » Sat February 20th, 2010, 6:16 am

[quote=""annis""]Andrea Levy's book sounds very interesting, CW. I've just been at her website and there's a bit about the novel and a picture of the cover, which is gorgeous.
http://www.andrealevy.co.uk/[/quote]

Oh, great! I hadn't visited her site. Thanks for posting.
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