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novels about slavery
- cw gortner
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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.
The Known World is also a gorgeous novel about the effects of the aftermath of slavery.
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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/
http://www.andrealevy.co.uk/
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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 ...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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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.
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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[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.
http://www.andrealevy.co.uk/[/quote]
Oh, great! I hadn't visited her site. Thanks for posting.
THE QUEEN'S VOW available on June 12, 2012!
THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE LAST QUEEN
www.cwgortner.com
THE TUDOR SECRET, Book I in the Elizabeth I Spymaster Chronicles
THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI
THE LAST QUEEN
www.cwgortner.com