The book offers a groundbreaking exploration of how different nations represent slavery, providing an international comparative perspective. It features diverse contributions that cover a wide geographical range, including Europe, North America, West and South Africa, the Indian Ocean, and Asia, highlighting the varied historical narratives and cultural interpretations of slavery across these regions.
This is the first book-length study wholly devoted to assessing the array of ties between Scotland and the Caribbean that bound the Atlantic World together in the later eighteenth century. -- .
Rudolf Hess's flight to Britain in May 1941 stands out as one of the most intriguing and bizarre episodes of World War II.
Provides an account of the struggle for the possession of Malta during World War II. The air battle raged for two and a half years during which time 14,000 tons of bombs were dropped on a defiant population.