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- Location(s): Barbados
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Late 1640s onwards
In the late 1640s, Andrea Stuart’s earliest known maternal ancestor set sail from England, lured by the promise of the New World, to settle in Barbados where he fell by chance into the lucrative life of a sugar plantation...
- Location(s): Barbados
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1830s
It is 1830, and Elspeth, the most eye-catching member of a family of Scottish actors, is invited to Barbados by the owner of a sugar plantation, Lord Coak. But soon after Elspeth arrives, a storm destroys both her acting...
- Location(s): Barbados, West Indies
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1600s onwards
In the early 1600s, the West Indies was a place of extraordinary danger and opportunity. Parer’s often gripping history charts the growth of this venal, violent society over 200 years, and the effect of the islands on British, European...
- Location(s): Barbados, Virginia
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 17th Century
A vivid account of the Irish slave trade: the previously untold story of over 50,000 Irish men, women and children who were transported to Barbados and Virginia.
- Location(s): Barbados, Caribbean, Cumbria
- Genre(s): Fiction
“A story about friendship and loss…is there hope for those of a certain age?” ‘The time to be happy is now…’ Jo remembers her late husband’s words but is struggling to face the lonely future that lies ahead. A...
- Location(s): Barbados, Jamaica, London
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1720
“Never had she imagined she would be brought so low, and all for the love of a very bad man.” 1710 Convict’s daughter, Laetitia Beedham, is set on an epic journey from the back streets of London, through transportation...
How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
- Location(s): Barbados
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
In Baxter’s Beach, Barbados, Lala’s grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister, a cautionary tale about what happens to girls who disobey their mothers. For Wilma, it’s the story of a wilful adventurer, who ignores the warnings...
- Location(s): Barbados
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Contemporary
Meet Josephine, the most loveable mischief-maker in Barbados, in a magical, heartfelt adventure inspired by Caribbean mythology. “A heart-wrenching adventure with big laughs and well-earned surprises.” -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Eleven-year-old Josephine knows that no one is good enough...
- Location(s): Barbados
- Genre(s): Fiction, Future, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
What is it about turning forty that makes a woman take a look at where she’s been and where she’s going? For ActivGirl CEO Catherine Camilleri, it is a crossroads that has her wondering where she went off course....
- Location(s): Barbados, The Atlantic Ocean
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
A young mother is trapped with a killer thirty thousand feet up, in this gripping midair murder mystery by the author of Open Your Eyes. On a plane to Barbados, nurse Melissa sits with her young son, Theo. On...
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