ARGONAUT BOOKS

A wonderfully stylish, gloriously technicolour book that wears its immense learning lightly. The vivid picture of England that it paints gleams with gold and pearls and feathers from the New World of the Americas, shaped both by encounter and extraction. And in the process, it reminds us that 'New World' itself was also an ancient one, thrumming with its own poetry, traditions, and peoples.Nandini DasAn absolute joy to read. This book unveils how the Americas did not simply widen England's horizons-they reconfigured its identityDr Stephanie PrattA sparkling cabinet of curiosities which invites...Read More