{"product_id":"queen-of-freedom-defending-jamaica-paperback","title":"Queen of Freedom: Defending Jamaica - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAmerigo Pinelli\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE THRILLING TRUE STORY OF HOW ONE WOMAN MASTERMINDED SLAVE RESISTANCE to British rule in eighteenth-century Jamaica - part of the True Adventures series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1720. Blue Mountains, windward Jamaica. High above the army camps and plantations of the British Empire, a group of ex-slaves - called Maroons are building a new home for themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen British soldiers enter the forests to hunt them down, one of the Maroons will lead the fight against them - Queen Nanny, a 'wise woman' with a reputation for ancient obeah magic, and a guerrilla fighter of genius. Under her generalship, her people will make a do-or-die defence of their freedom.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Johnson, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, has written many titles for younger readers with a historical setting. \u003ci\u003eSawbones\u003c\/i\u003e, a murder mystery set in eighteenth-century London, won the Young Quills Award for Best Historical Fiction 2015. \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo \u003c\/i\u003eis about a cobbler's daughter from Devon who, in the early nineteenth-century, passed herself off as a Princess from Indonesia. Catherine is half-Jamaican and knows the Blue Mountains well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 7.75 x 5.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764198900000,"sku":"9781782692799","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cb6153dc973262d5a0fadcfea4be68e2.webp?v=1780245520","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/queen-of-freedom-defending-jamaica-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}