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For adults

The fraud by Zadie Smith

The 'Tichborne Trial' trial has caught the attention of Mrs. Eliza Touchet, a widowed Scottish housekeeper, and all of England.

Is the defendant who he claims to be? Mrs Touchet is sceptical. 

Andrew Bogle is a key witness, with everything at stake. Once enslaved in Jamaica's Hope Plantation, he understands the rich deceive the poor and that people are easily led.

In a world of hypocrisy, deciding what's true is complicated.

For children

Cane warriors by Alex Wheatle

Cane Warriors tells the story of Moa, a 14-year-old boy who has only ever known life on the sugar cane estates of the 18th century.

Moa is to be a cane warrior, and fight for the freedom of all the enslaved people in the nearby plantations.

This book is inspired by a real-life rebellion in British-owned slave plantations in Jamaica.

 

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