BLOOD & SUGAR

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June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock- horribly tortured and branded witha a slaver's mark. Some days later Captain Harry Corsham - a war hero embarking upon a promising parliamentary career - is visited by the sister of an old friend. Her brother, passionate abolitionist Tad Archer, had been about to expose a secret that he believed could cause irreparable damage to the British slaving industry. He'd said people were trying to kill him, and now he is missing...

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