Cambridge by Caryl Phillips
A dramatic and challenging novel about freedom and prejudice by the winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize.
Cambridge is a powerful and haunting novel set in that uneasy time between the abolition of the slave trade and the emancipation of the slaves. It is the story of Emily Cartwright, a young woman sent from England to visit her father's West Indian plantation, and Cambridge, a plantation slave, educated and Christianised by his first master in England and now struggling to maintain his dignity.
Format: Paperback | 240 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 12.9 x 1.3 | 222g -
Publication Date: 01 May 2008
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Vintage Books
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 0099520567
ISBN13: 9780099520566
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some minor damage to the cover including some scuff marks and creasing along the edges, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.