Historical Fiction: The Sir Walter Scott Prize

So now I have read two of the novels shortlisted for the 2018 Sir Walter Scott Prize which seems like a good time to tell you what I think.

[image error]I was attracted to Sugar Money when I saw it was set in Grenada because a) I had never read a novel set in Grenada and b) had recently been there, not that I had left with very much idea of its history other than the notorious ‘Leap’ incident which took place a century before the events depicted in Sugar Money. I’d also read both of Jane Harris’ previous...