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Black Heart of Jamaica

by Julia Golding Book 5 in the Cat Royal series.

First published 2008

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4.3(1,098)

Cat and Pedro travel to Jamaica with a theatre company, hoping for adventure and employment. The island instead confronts them with plantation slavery and the return of Hawkins, the man who once claimed ownership of Pedro and remains determined to control his future.

Piracy, escape and resistance draw Cat into conflicts far beyond a stage performance. Pedro must decide whether to leave with her or remain beside people fighting the system that enslaved them, while Cat learns that friendship cannot erase the unequal risks created by empire.

Historical Periods

Abolition Movement in Britain1787–1833 CE Georgian Empire and Atlantic World1714–1837 CE

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Children’s & Young Adult Fiction Coming-of-Age Fiction Exploration & Survival Fiction Historical Thriller Maritime Fiction

Historical people

Richard Brinsley Sheridan1751–1816

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