The illusion of freedom

Danny Bird Your book opens with the story of a woman named Solitude on Guadaloupe. Why did you choose to start with her and what can she tell us about the wider history of resistance among enslaved pe

Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and ...

The many fates of Islamic slaves

In the oppressive heat of his cell in the Mont-Valérien military prison west of Paris on 31 August 1898, Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert-Joseph Henry wrote a despairing letter to his wife, drank half a bott

Historian and travel writer Justin Marozzi’s journey through slavery in the Mediterranean and African worlds of Islam is as comprehensive as it is engaging – and irresistibly immediate because of the

The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor ...