Mr Atkinson's Rum Contract - The Story of a Tangled Inheritance (Paperback)

Shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2021 'Rarely has family history been so vivid' JENNY UGLOW 'An extraordinarily original work' AMANDA FOREMAN Like many well-to-do Georgian families, the Atkinsons' wealth was acquired at a terrible cost, through the labour and lives of enslaved Africans. Drawing on his ancestors' private correspondence, Richard Atkinson pieces together their unsettling story, from the weather-beaten house in Cumbria where they once lived to the ruins of their sugar estates in Jamaica. This extraordinarily original work of detective biography is also a uniquely personal account of one of the most disturbing chapters in Britain's colonial past.

General

Imprint:	Fourth Estate
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2021
Authors:	Richard Atkinson
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	512
ISBN-13:	978-0-00-750923-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	0-00-750923-5
Barcode:	9780007509232

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