The Interest
How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery
(Sprache: Englisch)
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGA DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR For two hundred years, the abolition of slavery in Britain has been a cause for self-congratulation - but no longer. In 1807, Parliament outlawed the slave trade in the British Empire.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGA DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR For two hundred years, the abolition of slavery in Britain has been a cause for self-congratulation - but no longer. In 1807, Parliament outlawed the slave trade in the British Empire.
Autoren-Porträt von Michael Taylor
Michael Taylor is the author of The Interest: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2021, chosen as a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year and described as 'riveting' (The Times) and 'compulsively readable' (Guardian). He graduated with a double first in history from the University of Cambridge, where he earned his PhD, and has since been Lecturer in Modern British History at Balliol College, Oxford, and a Visiting Fellow at the British Library's Eccles Centre for American Studies.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Michael Taylor
- 2021, 400 Seiten, Maße: 12,5 x 19,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: VINTAGE
- ISBN-10: 152911098X
- ISBN-13: 9781529110982
- Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
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An outstanding and gripping revelation ... essential reading Simon Sebag Montefiore
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