The Devil is White by William Palmer - ISBN: 9780099572688
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Utopian dreams turn to hell when paradise reveals its true nature.

The Devil is White

A Novel

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    304 pages

  • Release Date

    15 November 2014

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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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The Devil is White by William Palmer - ISBN: 9780099572688
129 × 198 mm
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A4
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Critics Review

Historical fiction at its most immersive

Historical fiction at its most immersive – Emma Hagestadt * Independent *

About The Author

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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