Queen of Freedom
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9781782692799 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Publishing Date | 06/08/2020 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €10.28 |
| Tax | €0.62 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €10.90 |
| Availability | 4 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
The thrilling true story of how one woman masterminded slave resistance to British rule in eighteenth-century Jamaica - part of the True Adventures series
1720. Blue Mountains, windward Jamaica. High above the army camps and plantations of the British Empire, a group of ex-slaves - called Maroons are building a new home for themselves.
When British soldiers enter the forests to hunt them down, one of the Maroons will lead the fight against them - Queen Nanny, a ''wise woman'' with a reputation for ancient obeah magic, and a guerrilla fighter of genius. Under her generalship, her people will make a do-or-die defence of their freedom.