Book talk: Drax of Drax Hall with Paul Lashmar

Wed, 18/06/2025 - 19:00 - 20:30
Regular event?: 
This is not a regular event
Town/City: 
London
Postcode: 
N1 9DY

How One British Family Got Rich (and Stayed Rich) from Sugar and Slavery. Paul Lashmar will be joining us for an evening at Housmans to discuss his latest book, Drax of Drax Hall: How One British Family Got Rich (and Stayed Rich) from Sugar and Slavery. A brilliantly detailed and probing study of a how powerful British family came by their wealth through the worst kind of brutal, dehumanising violence.

With a forward by David Olusoga, this book, which spans 400 years and 18 generations, tells a story that has never been told. While all the British landed gentry profited from chattel slavery in the West Indies, the Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax family of Dorset pioneered it.
Advanced Booking Strongly Recommended.

Organised by: 
Housmans Bookshop
Member: 
Organiser is an NFP member
Price: 
£4/£25 inc book
Venue: 
Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road
Contact: 
Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com.