The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy
The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy
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Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing (2023).
The Last Colony won the Baillie Gifford Prize and was an instant Sunday Times bestseller. Through one woman's fight for justice, the award-winning author of East West Street exposes the shocking events that marked the 1965 establishment of the British Indian Ocean Territory. Written with Sands' characteristic expertise, insight and thrilling storytelling, The Last Colony lays bare the brutal legacy of colonial rule, the devastating impact of Britain's grip on its last colony in Africa and the ongoing struggle to right a historic wrong.
- Publisher
- Hachette UK
- ISBN-13
- 9781474618151
- Genre
- Topics
- British colonialismChagos Islands/decolonizationInternational law and human rights
Awards
- The Orwell Prize for Political WritingShortlisted(2023)
Other awarded books from Philippe Sands
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