Our thanks to the kind people at Hutchinson for inviting us to review this book.
There's more great historical fiction on this year's Booker longlist in the form of [[Derby Day by D J Taylor]]. We've also enjoyed [[The Good Lord Bird by James McBride]] even if we did occasionally think that less would be more. You probably will enjoy [[The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill]] more.
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