English Passengers
Author: Matthew Kneale
WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD BOOK AWARD 2000SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2000’Deeply impressive. . . Every page fizzes with linguistic invention’ Guardian An electrifying modern classic – Kneale’s sweeping adventure story vividly brings a past age to lifeIn 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contrab….Read More
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