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Based on a historical incident, Harris's third novel (after Gillespie and I) recounts the journey of two enslaved African brothers in 1765 from French-held Martinique to British-owned Grenada. Their masters, French friars, send 28-year-old Emile and 12-year-old Lucien to reclaim 42 slaves left behind when the friars fled Grenada during the British invasion two years earlier. But the journey is little more than theft: ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More