<p>Eighteenth-century Britain was the world’s leading centre for the slave trade. Profits soared and fortunes were made, but in 1788 things began to change. <i>Bury The Chains</i> tells the remarkable story of the men who sought to end slavery and brought the issue to the heart of British political life.<br><br> ‘Hochschild's marvellous book is a timely reminder of what a small group of determined people, with right on their side, can achieve. Carefully researched and elegantly written, with a pacy narrative that ranges from the coffee houses of London to the back-breaking sugar plantations of the West Indies, it charts the unlikely success of the first international human rights movement' Saul David, <i>Literary Review </i><br><br> 'Hochschild is such a gifted researcher and story-teller that he never fails to hold the reader's attention. . . For all its terrible theme, Hochschild's book is not in th
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A brilliant new history of the First World War by the bestselling and prizewinning author of <i>King Leopold''s Ghost</i> and<i> Bury the Chains</i>
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I 1880-årene, da de europeiske supermakter delte opp Afrika, bemektiget Kong Leopold II av Belgia seg det enorme og for det meste uoppdagede territoriet rundt elven Kongo. Han iscenesatte et folkemord og et plyndringstokt uten sidestykke i historien...
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<p>From the moment it began in 1936, the Spanish Civil War became the political question of the age. Hitler and Mussolini quickly sent aircraft, troops and supplies to the right-wing generals bent on overthrowing Spain's elected government....
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<p><b>Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, </b><i><b>King Leopold’s Ghost</b></i><b> is the true and haunting account of </b><b>Leopold'</b><b>s brutal regime and its lasting...
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