The Devil is White
A Novel
$35.66
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2014
Summary
A masterly historic novel about a fleet of English abolitionists, their ne’er-do-well neighbours and a fateful utopian experiment. They say their devil is white…
It is 1792 and a group of English gentlemen is recruiting settlers for a new world. Anti-slavers, they foresee the shining vision of a free colony in Africa where all races and classes can live together in harmony.
More than a hundred men, women and children set sail from London bound for Muranda, an island off the we…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099572688 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099572680 |
| Author: | William Palmer |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2014 |
| Weight: | 246g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Historical fiction at its most immersive
Historical fiction at its most immersive – Emma Hagestadt * Independent *
William Palmer
William Palmer is the author of five novels:
- The Good Republic
- Leporello
- The Contract
- The Pardon of Saint Anne
- The India House
He also wrote a collection of short stories, Four Last Things, and a book of poems, The Island Rescue, which won the Collection Prize at the Listowel Writers’ Week festival in Ireland in 2006.
In 1997, he was awarded a Travelling Scholarship by the Society of Authors. He reviews regularly for The Independent and other journals. He lives in south-west London.
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