Synopsis
Winner of the 2017 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize
Winner of the Longman History Today Trustees’ Award
A Waterstones History Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Orwell Prize
Shortlisted for the inaugural Jhalak Prize
'Groundbreaking' - Observer
In this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing story of the long relationship between the British Isles and the people...
Details
07 August 2025640 pages
9781035062782Imprint: Picador
Reviews
You could not ask for a more judicious, comprehensive and highly readable survey of a part of British history that has been so long overlooked or denied. David Olusoga, in keeping with the high standards of his earlier books, is a superb guide.Adam Hochschild
Groundbreaking.Observer
[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion. It is thoroughly researched and there are many interesting anecdotes.Kwasi Kwarteng, The Sunday Times
A radical reappraisal of the parameters of history, exposing lacunae in the nation’s version of its past.Arifa Akbar, Guardian
