At the beginning of the 1650s, England was in ruins â wrecked, impoverished, grief-stricken by plague and civil war. What started out as a heaven was soon to become one of the cruellest places on earth. The history of Willoughbyland is a microcosm of empire, its heady attractions and fatal dangers.
At the beginning of the 1650s, England was in ruins â wrecked, impoverished, grief-stricken by plague and civil war. What started out as a heaven was soon to become one of the cruellest places on earth. The history of Willoughbyland is a microcosm of empire, its heady attractions and fatal dangers.
I: Foreword: Suriname River, 2014 One: 'Every Man's Longing' Two: El Dorado Three: Ralegh and the 'Beautiful Empire of Guiana' Four: The Heirs of Ralegh Five: Ralegh's Last Voyage Six: Francis Lord Willoughby Seven: 'A Brave Land' Eight: 'A Peculiar Form of Government' Nine: The Restoration: 'A Tumbling and Rolling World' Ten: Repression and Revolt Eleven: Aphra Behn, Agent 160 Twelve: Sugar, Slavery and Oroonoko Thirteen: The Return of Willoughby Fourteen: War and Ruin Fifteen: Astrea and Celadon Sixteen: The Fall of Fort Willoughby Seventeen: Victory and Anguish II: Postscript III: Acknowledgements IV: List of Illustrations V: Source Notes VI: Select Bibliography of Printed Sources VII: Index
I: Foreword: Suriname River, 2014 One: 'Every Man's Longing' Two: El Dorado Three: Ralegh and the 'Beautiful Empire of Guiana' Four: The Heirs of Ralegh Five: Ralegh's Last Voyage Six: Francis Lord Willoughby Seven: 'A Brave Land' Eight: 'A Peculiar Form of Government' Nine: The Restoration: 'A Tumbling and Rolling World' Ten: Repression and Revolt Eleven: Aphra Behn, Agent 160 Twelve: Sugar, Slavery and Oroonoko Thirteen: The Return of Willoughby Fourteen: War and Ruin Fifteen: Astrea and Celadon Sixteen: The Fall of Fort Willoughby Seventeen: Victory and Anguish II: Postscript III: Acknowledgements IV: List of Illustrations V: Source Notes VI: Select Bibliography of Printed Sources VII: Index
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