Drax of Drax Hall : How One British Family Got Rich (and Stayed Rich) from Sugar and Slavery

'A damning reminder that the ghosts of empire are not distant – they are living, breathing and, in some cases, still collecting rent' - The Observer'Eloquently reminds us that history is never truly past' - The New Yorker'A family story straight out of Game of Thrones' - Alex Renton, authorWhile the British landed gentry profited from chattel slavery in the West Indies, the Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax family of Dorset pioneered it.This is the story of the British Empire and slavery told through one family’s grotesque history, and how its legacy is alive and well today.