Author: COLLEY LINDA
Title: Captives the Story of BritainS Pursuit of Empire and How Its Soldiers and Civilians Were Held Captive By the Dream of Global Supremacy, 1600-1850
Description: Pantheon Books - New York. 2002, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0375421521) Hard Cover , 25 Cm. Heavy Book > 500gms Packed, A very well researched and presented text, the author draws on a range of narratives by men and women of different social and ethnic backgrounds from the early seventeenth centuary to the Victoria era and uses these extraordinary tales to trace the changing boundaries of Britain's pursuit of empire and its shifting attitudes toward Islam, slavery, race and American revolutionaries. Excellent/Excellent.

Keywords: British History, British Raj, History, Colonialisation 0375421521


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