Author(s): Elle Machray

Fiction

An explosive debut historical novel by a blazing young talent. This dazzling alternative history reimagines the gunpowder plot to derail the slave trade in 18th-century London
**AN OBSERVER TOP 10 DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2024**

‘Couldn’t put this book down. Beautiful, tender, and ruthless’

HANNAH KANER

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1770. Delphine lives in the shadows of London: a secret, vibrant world of smugglers, courtesans and small rebellions. Four years ago, she escaped enslavement at great personal cost. Now, she must help her brother Vincent do the same.

While Britain’s highest court fails to administer justice for Vincent, little rebellions are no longer enough. What’s needed is a big, explosive plot – one that will strike at the heart of the transatlantic slave trade. But can one Black woman, one fuse and one match bring down an Empire?

An incendiary alternative history, Remember, Remember is a gripping story of conscience, conspiracy, queer identity and courage in the face of injustice.

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'An explosive re-imagining … rich and memorable'

STACEY THOMAS

‘I don’t know if my heart will quite recover’

ELVIN MENSAH

‘Deliciously evocative and atmospheric’

HAYLEY NOLAN

‘Powerful and hopeful . . . I cried buckets!’

JESSICA BULL