Twilight on the Floods

704pp. Fuchsia cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Slightly sun-faded spine. Lightly bumped and rubbed spine ends. Light bumping at rear lower board edges; lightly bumped corners. Text block edges tanning. Internally neat, clean and bright. Dust jacket has shelf wear; chipping to edges; 2 x 3cm loss at spine head; 1 x 1cm loss at heel; 3cm closed tear at rear flap top and folds; not price clipped. The sequel to The Sun is My Undoing. From front flap: The twilight falls on the descendants of Hercules and Matthew Flood, who made the family fortune as slave traders, carefully concealing their live cargo in ingeniously constructed vessels. At the turn of the century the respected British firm is run by another generation … Johnny Flood uncovers the discreditable secretes of the family history.”