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British Guiana, 1823. In the years following Waterloo West Indian prosperity reached its zenith. But the planters' wealth was counted in slaves, and this brought them into bitter contact with the abolitionists and their supporters. 'Ratoon' is the story of the planters and their women, of the soldiers, and of the slaves themselves. It is a story of violence and bloodshed, of heroism and brutality. But it is also a story of a group of simple men who fervently believed the justice of their cause. The plantation heiress Joan Dart, fall in love with the black rebel Jackey Reed.
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1960'sColonialFictionHistorical FictionRevolutionSlavery
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British GuianaGuyana1823
About the author
Christopher Nicole
7 December 1930 – 2 September 2017
Christopher Robin Nicole was born on 7 December 1930 in Georgetown, Guyana, and was raised in the Caribbean. His education included: the Queen's College in Guyana; the Harrison College in Barbados; and was fellow by the Canadians Bankers Association. A romantic and passionate of history, he has been published since 1957 as Christopher Nicole, and continues to write into the 21st century with no intention of retiring. His historical fiction sagas set in tumultuous periods of war have become in best-sellers, and he has won international acclaim for his work under several pseudonyms, some of there female, that includes: Peter Grange, Andrew York, Robin Cade, Mark Logan, Christina Nicholson,…
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