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On 1 July 1909, Madan Lal Dhingra, a young Indian revolutionary shot and killed Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, on 17 August he was executed at Pentonville.

A history of the twentieth century seen through Afro-Caribbean spectacles in which the personal and political seamlessly collide. An important novel of the Windrush generation.

Set in India, an ecological novel well ahead of its time. British colonialists attempt to tame nature with disastrous consequences.

Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter, today considered one of the most accomplished painters in the generation following that of Caravaggio.Much in Gentileschi's life marked her out as a victim - rape at the age of 18, a forced marriage to a man she did not love and, a powerful, patriarchal father.

Everyone in Nandagiri knows their place and their position in society, except for in the case of the Anglo-Indian population, who have to navigate identity and belonging in a more complex manner. An evocative and compelling novel from the author of "Paddy Indian".

The Ghosts and Jamal is an intriguing story, touching on religion, terrorism and Nigeria's internal conflicts, following a young orphan who is negotiating an unforgiving society. Waking up in the aftermath of a terrorist attack, 13-year-old Jamal tries to piece together what has happened whilst simultaneously trying to evade capture by the attackers. It soon becomes clear that he has been living in a separate outhouse from his family on accoun...

Syed Quais Ali Quereshi aka 'Cash', a Karachi based insurance surveyor, is contracted by his extremely persuasive ex-girlfriend, Sonia, to investigate the details of a warehouse fire, and find the recipient of the insurance claim, in the dangerous, drone-infested Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) of Waziristan.Amidst the layers of corrupt police, private security forces, the Pakistani army and scurrilous locals, 'Cash' desperately trie...

Ten powerful stories set on several continents and at different periods in history. A well-meaning Abolitionist learns the sordid and violent truth about slavery from her African servants in Boston USA. The sundering of India and Pakistan in the 1947 Partition is revealed when a Muslim boy is adopted by a Hindu family during the chaos of mass migration. A young university student finds her engagement broken off because her fiancé's family disa...

When Ravi Kumar Mehra MA steps off the train at Victoria station, London in the autumn of 1962, he is fully equipped with the all-important work permit and five pounds in his pocket. A brave new life lies ahead! He's 23, educated, good-looking - a real Star of India. What can possibly stand in his way? Disillusion sets in. The Mother Country is a hostile place in which non-whites are not welcome. But the kindness of strangers helps Ravi to wal...

The Cost of Sugar is the historical story of Jewish family planters and their slaves in Suriname. Now a major motion picture, The Cost of Sugar gives an engrossing account of eighteenth century Suriname at the time when the country was ruled by the Dutch. The hypocrisies behind the veneer of a respectable colonial life are revealed through the eyes of two Jewish step sisters, Elza and Sarith, descendants of the settlers of New Jerusalem of the...

Nicky Burkett finds his childhood friend Vinnie dead at the bottom of a tower block, feet sawn off. He and his mates have a code of conduct which makes revenge inevitable. They have to find the villains - much more serious criminals than themselves - and they have to take them on. The first entry in Jeremy Cameron's Nicky Burkett series, originally published in 1995, fuses crime noir, revenge thriller and comic caper with a rare level of socia...

Nicky Burkett, still incarcerated at the end of Vinnie Got Blown Away, is released on to the streets of Walthamstow in It Was An Accident. He wants to go straight. His girlfriend Noreen wants him to go straight and she won't go near him if he doesn't. He tries. But events and people conspire against him. He is offered "work". He is attacked. His mates are attacked. He runs to Jamaica and is attacked again. Now the fight back begins... Filmed s...

The third in the Nicky Burkett series takes him from Walthamstow to Switzerland. First he finds a dead member of parliament on his doorstep. Then the MP's widow hires him to find the killer. The trail leads to Switzerland. The whole gang decamps to Wengen in the high Alps - Noreen Hurlock, Jimmy Foley, Rameez Ahmed, Paulette James, Mercedes Marty Fisherman and Wayne Sapsford, not to mention DS TT Holdsworth and warrant officer George Marshall....

An inspiring historical novel based on the true story of the Great Slave Revolt on Curacao in 1795. ***Now a major motion picture staring Danny Glover and Jeroen Krabbé*** Tula, a slave in Curacao, is convinced that God made all human beings equal. Stirred by news from abroad - that the French have abolished slavery on neighbouring Haiti and that the New Dutch Republic is now under French rule - Tula sets out to improve the position of...

William Mawolo arrives in a remote Liberian border town with a secret mission: to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the paramount chief Tetese. The locals, however - police force and citizens alike - are far from happy about his presence, and their hostility is increasing daily, threatening to boil over. At the same time, Mawolo is drawn to the departed chief's daughter, Makemeh, who for some reason doesn't seem to be too concerned a...

This collection of 22 short stories from gifted writers - some new, some well known to their readers - covers a multitude of experiences in the wider world outside India. Coping with the customs and expectations in the countries where they are now living, the mainly female characters in these tales have to choose whether to cling to their Indian culture, discard it completely, or learn how to adjust and compromise. It's a challenge! Themes of ...

Life was never sweeter for Nicky Burkett. Got his own gaff and the beautiful Noreen on his arm but if there is trouble it will find Nicky - this time in Pakistan... Nicky arrives in Karachi to rescue his mate Kamran and eventually meets up with drug baron, Jamil Khan, the only man who can make the rescue possible, a man who feels strongly about growing opium in the traditional way - without fertiliser. But before any rescue attempt, Jamal Khan...

Set in Jamaica, a heartbreaking, courageous novel of broken lives healed through courage and hope. From the day she was born Nola Chambers is rejected by those she should most trust. Born with dark skin into a family that prides themselves on their light complexion, Nola grows up abandoned and perceived as worthless. Deprived of familial love, affection and security, she falls victim to her father's abusive behaviour and struggles though socie...

Sugar, Sugar is a contemporary collection of short stories which reveals a rich and culturally diverse history behind India's migrant workers and one of the most abundant and controversial commodities in the world. Inspired by historical documents between 1838 and 1917, and the living memories of the descendents of indentured workers, Sugar, Sugar, spans five continents, travelling through time uncovering inspiring tales of courage and resilie...