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what a debut!! I really loved this. I often bemoan the fact in period fiction, specifically when set in London or in port towns that the stories are so white. This one is not. Such a rich picture of London and especially Deptford in the 18th century when it had been an important port for overseas trade including that of human beings. An abolitionist is found murdered and his estranged best friend starts to ask questions. I loved how the author made the main character constantly having to chose b
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2.5, perhaps. This book has left me feeling more than slightly troubled; some elements of the ending I found particularly unpalatable. I can’t specify what without spoilers, but let me say that the reveal about Brabazon was poorly treated in my view, and I felt that the fate of Amelia Bradstreet was thrown away like it was nothing.
Of the rest I admired some of the writing, and I thought the dialogue in the early parts of the book was excellent. The thematic weight was there: the perverse moral ...more
Of the rest I admired some of the writing, and I thought the dialogue in the early parts of the book was excellent. The thematic weight was there: the perverse moral ...more
Set in the 18th century, this novel begins with a brutal murder in the slaving town of Deptford. Captain Harry Corsham, the novel's protagonist, then arrives there looking for a missing friend, who turns out to be the dead man. From that point on, there is no way back for Corsham, despite the fact that looking into this murder mystery could have serious consequences for his political career. A war-hero who still suffers after being wounded in the leg, Corsham is not the "typical" hero for the ta
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BRAVO (standing and clapping hands) to Laura Shepherd-Robinson for writing and giving the world her outstanding debut novel "Blood & Sugar".
Imagine it is....June 1781
An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock - horribly tortured and branded with a slaver's mark. This was the brutal time of Britain's slave trade!
To repeat C J Sansom's blurb on the back cover:
THIS novel is not only a page-turner of a crime thriller but, to an extent unusual in historical novels, where you feel you are ...more
Imagine it is....June 1781
An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock - horribly tortured and branded with a slaver's mark. This was the brutal time of Britain's slave trade!
To repeat C J Sansom's blurb on the back cover:
THIS novel is not only a page-turner of a crime thriller but, to an extent unusual in historical novels, where you feel you are ...more
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