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In the 1650s, a group of Cavaliers fled Cromwells England for the lush coast of Surinam. Here, they established a colony named after its founder, Sir Thomas Willoughby. This absorbing book explores the untold story of the colonys rise and fall. The rich cast of characters includes Willoughby himself, the playwright Aphra Behn, the indigenous people and their rulers, and the planters and mercenaries who would turn this utopia into a hell of terror and slavery.

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"Parker has trawled the letters and literature, and travelled out to Suriname, and the result is a miniature masterpiece....this is a truly extraordinary tale and, in Parker’s hands, it’s beautifully told. With great wit and scholarship he reveals ― just for a moment ― a cruel and curious world, before it vanishes again beneath the trees." (The Spectator)

"An excellent account...Willoughbyland is popular history at its best." (Literary Review)

"A fascinating tale of courage and desperation, cruelty and betrayal, and it was all sparked by the search for the legendary city of gold, El Dorado." (Event, Mail on Sunday)

"The author has written several other highly enjoyable histories of the Caribbean, and he is on fine and colourful form here." (Sunday Times)

"A fascinating tale...Matthew Parker is an entertaining historian who has produced a lively account." (Daily Express)

"[T]he long-obscure but intriguing Willoughbyland can now console itself that it has, in this frequently fascinating book, a history it deserves." (Catherine Nixey Times)
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Goldeneye and The Sugar Barons comes Willoughbyland – the untold story of England’s lost colony: a seventeenth-century tale of empire, El Dorado and violent rebellion, of spies, trickery and forbidden love.

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  • PublisherHutchinson
  • Publication date2015
  • ISBN 10 0091954096
  • ISBN 13 9780091954093
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages288
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