My new book! Out in September, but you can pre-order now...

To celebrate the launch of her upcoming book, Heiresses, @MirandaKaufmann will be taking part in various events across the UK over the next few months! To find out how to get tickets head over to our website! oneworld-publications.com/20…

“This robust chronicle excavates the lives of nine female British enslavers,” writes @PublishersWkly on HEIRESSES. “The female enslavers were just as callous as their male counterparts, @MirandaKaufmann diligently shows. Her research is impressive.” ✍️publishersweekly.com/9781639…

Meet the heiresses. Their dresses are the latest fashion, their rooms Mayfair's most luxurious, their suitors Britain's most powerful men. Their fortunes – blood and sugar. Heiresses by @MirandaKaufmann is vailable to pre-order now ➡️ waterstones.com/book/9780861…

Heiresses by @MirandaKaufmann is out in 3 weeks and available to pre-order now! waterstones.com/book/9780861…

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Great deal from @Waterstones - Get 25% OFF using code SUMMER25 when you pre-order my new book #Heiresses (and many other titles!) between now and Thursday 31st July. waterstones.com/book/heiress…

Following the lives of nine heiresses, @MirandaKaufmann peers beneath the demure, empire-waisted image of the Georgian heiress to reveal a murky world of inheritance, fortune-hunting and human exploitation. Out on 4th September and available to pre-order now⬇️ Amazon: bit.ly/4lcPIty Waterstones: bit.ly/4efwNfm

So exciting to receive my bound proof of #Heiresses, out in September! You can pre-order here: amzn.eu/d/awKBjef

Welcome to the #ICwS - Introducing one of our newest Senior Research Fellows @MirandaKaufmann Dr Kaufmann is the author of the Wolfson History Prize and Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize-shortlisted book Black Tudors: The Untold Story (2017). She read History at Christ Church, Oxford and is now an Honorary Fellow of the University of Liverpool, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Royal Society of Arts. As a Senior Research Fellow at the @ICwS_SAS, she co-convened the 'What's Happening in Black British History?' workshop series from 2014 to 2022. She also served as Lead Historian for the Colonial Countryside project collaborating with National Trust houses from 2019 to 2021. commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/peopl… #BlackBritishHistory #Caribbean #Africa #WomensHistory #ColonialHistory #Commonwealth

Fascinating.

Looking forward to seeing @desibaptiste 's play 'Incidents in the Life of An Anglican Slave' at @ChesterCath on 2nd and 3rd August -see you there? chestercathedral.com/events/…

Slave trader Edward Colston (whose statue was toppled in 2020) left money to missionary arm of @churchofengland (which then purchased more enslaved Africans) ⛪️⛓️⚓️ @JustinWelby @corinne_fowler @aljhlester @Sathnam @lucy28maguire amp.theguardian.com/world/ar…

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