This is the fifth book in the series which features Harriet Westerman and Gabriel Crowther. This is a great series of historical novels, set in the 1780s, and I have enjoyed every one of them to date. This one is no exception.
The story is set in May 1785, and the body of a West Indies planter is found on the grounds near to St Paul’s Cathedral. William Geddings, a senior footman in Harriet’s household recognises the dead man, and despite themselves Harriet and Gabriel are caught up in the brutal and powerful world of the slave traders and those who profit from the trade in human lives and misery.
Another fantastic read in this series, this book really brought home to me a taste of the horrific reality of slavery, and how it could even affect lives so far away from the Indies, in a supposedly civilised and enlightened country. Profit and greed are great motivators for those who are prepared to leave their morals and humanity behind, so I suppose some things never change. I have found myself compelled to find further reading around the sugar trade, and the slave trade, and the West Indies in this period.
Thoroughly recommended, as are all the books in this series, starting with the first, Instruments of Darkness.
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