Queen of Freedom
«Cracking illustrations, true life stories in the vein of the ladybird books but more substantial ... brilliantly written by proper writers»
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
1720. Blue Mountains, windward Jamaica. In the sweltering heat Captain Shettlewood leads a troop of British soldiers through the thick trees towards the river. They are hunting slaves who have escaped from the brutal plantations. Les mer
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But up ahead, hidden among the rocks above the water, a group of men with cutlasses and muskets wait patiently for the instructions of their leader. Queen Nanny is a 'wise woman' with a reputation for ancient obeah magic, and a guerilla fighter with a genius for organisation. So the battle for Jamaica begins, the First Maroon War, in which the maroons - escaped slaves - will make a final, do-or-die stand against the slavers and soldiers of Empire.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Pushkin Children's Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781782692799
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«Cracking illustrations, true life stories in the vein of the ladybird books but more substantial ... brilliantly written by proper writers»
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
«Queen of Freedom drills down into the tenacity of the freed slaves and the cunning lengths they went to to live free»
Observer
«Brilliant.. gripping, atmospheric and moving»
Guardian