Slave EmpireThis compelling book makes a huge contribution to our understanding of the processes which led to abolition. The British empire, in sentimental myth, was more free, more just and more fair than its rivals. But this claim that the British empire was 'free' and that, for all its flaws, it promised liberty to all its subjects was never true. The British empire was built on slavery. 'Slave Empire' puts enslaved people at the centre the British empire in

An all-new collection of winter-themed mysteries from the master of the genre

recipes and recommendations infused with all manner of 'interestingness'

has become a friend

Predatory pyramid schemes eventually bankrupted the country

Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of PC Peter Grant or the Folly

entrenched institutionalised racism

by the creator of the bestselling classic Peace at Last

Today busyness has become a badge of honour

the challenges they face with changing conditions throughout the seasons

a young woman with a strange power over Smoke and niece of the Lord Protector of England

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Jackson Lamb worked with Cartwright back in the day