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White Slavery for King and Country ReviewWHITE SLAVERY was practised in Britain in times past just as much as black slavery was in America It was not race that decided your fate, it was class. Those `pressed' into the service of the British Crown, fared the worst.
Britain's maritime power during the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries is the stuff of legend. The Spanish Armada, Battle of the Nile, Trafalgar, invoke images of a daring epoch when Britannia ruled the waves. Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, Captain James Cook, Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson, later Lord Nelson, recall an age of chivalry in a swashbuckling era.
How naval supremacy was torn from the grasp of other nations, crushing and colonising more than half the globe in the process, is a more complex story than that usually narrated in tales of the sea.
Great Britain's maritime might was purchased not only through the intellect and valour of the officer classes, but more predominately through the blood, sweat and tears of those below decks.
`Amistad', `Roots' and other stories based on historical events, suggest that only those of black ancestry suffered under the cruelty of slavery. In reality, bondage, serfdom and the press gang were forms of slavery for white people, with brutal and barbaric treatment an integral part. Freedom of choice or lack of it, was more dependent upon which class an individual belonged to rather than race. The working classes, particularly those in the service of the Crown, suffered as much under cruel masters and unfair laws as did the Negro slave.
With a `whodunit' thread woven into the fabric of the narrative, `White Slavery' - For King & Country - essays the affluence and arrogance of the British ruling classes and how they viewed the common seamen. From below decks, how the aristocracy were seen through the eyes of two young boys.
Detailing an existence far more brutal than tales of the sea would usually have us believe, sexual abuse of young boys and the harshest physical punishment were common place.
Historically accurate, this novel details how `Great' Britain really gained its empire.
"Literate yet reader-friendly, with each chapter lasting as long as the action in each location, this cross between screenplay and traditional novel format is extremely effective in allowing the reader to view the action rather than just read it. White Slavery - For King & Country is a powerfully written account of what was a deeply cruel and unjust period in history. The cruelty inflicted upon the ordinary seaman, which was particularly hard on pressed men new to naval service, is graphically described in this book. Not just the physical, but the mental torture as well. Chapter 29 is a particularly impressive piece of writing, where an ill-educated seaman is intellectually laid waste by the ship's cruel captain in what passes for a trial. Life for the common seaman is detailed and well described, and we can almost smell the atmosphere of life below decks. But there is more to White Slavery - For King & Country: it is a psychological thriller-cum-mystery with a `whodunnit' thread woven into the fabric of the narrative.
Usually skipped over or ignored completely in official accounts of British naval history, sexual abuse of young boys was widespread. In White Slavery - For King & Country, such sexual abuse is graphically described. Historically accurate, For King & Country details how Great Britain really gained its empire. Probably not what descendants of British naval heroes would wish us to know, so the author of this book may well be on someone's blacklist again. But it's a riveting, fast moving, and at times ironically funny read. Something of an eye opener, too.
'Reality books' are certainly more interesting and informative than the formula stuff the big publishing houses generally release. This one surpasses the benchmark." Khanet, The Nation, Bangkok.
"The book begins with straight confrontation of the reader, as Quartermaine describes a poor wretch being `flogged around the fleet'. Punishment by flogging with the cat o' nine tails, with five dozen lashes administered on every ship in the harbour, and with twenty or so ships at anchor, this represented a very slow, very painful and long drawn out death.
It was also a social event, described in the second short chapter, where officer's wives in their finest crinolines watched and sipped wine and the ordinary seaman took wagers on many ships the unfortunate would visit before he succumbed. Barbarous at its predatory best, and one to which Quartermaine gives the reader no quarter.
Battle scenes are well thought out, and the `factual' writing makes it `reality' much better than many movies I have seen. A very powerful book, and very well written. Coming from a long line of seafarers, I am not ashamed to say that it brought a tear to my eye." Lang Reid, Pattaya Mail.
"Twelve Months Between the Covers. `Faction' is a category I do enjoy, and there was one standout here. White Slavery - For King & Country, set in the middle to late 1700's, revolves around the lives (and fates) of young English lads who go to sea in those romantic times of seafaring heroes that are the staple history fare for all British youngsters. Author Ian Quartermaine takes another tack, if you will excuse the pun. The book is written from the viewpoint of the Jack Tars and shows another side of life before the mast. A powerful and sometimes gut-wrenching read." Lang Reid, Pattaya Mail.
White Slavery for King and Country Overview'WHITE SLAVERY' - FOR KING & COUNTRY A groundbreaking true story about the physical, mental and sexual abuse of young boys in the service of the British Navy in times past.Institutionalised violence was meted out by the establishment in a historical context, and that is graphically featured in this novel. It is also ground breaking due to being the first ever exposure of a section of history which has never been explored in such detail, or at all, regarding what 'really' went on during Britain's golden age of colonialism. How Britain 'really' gained its Empire. Britain's history revised with a somewhat less rosy truth. Its 'voice' - two young boys at the bottom level of society in the colonial age - has massive appeal to Australia, Britain of course, the USA and Latin America - all nations who were victims of institutionalised barbarity from their inception, by the same British ruling classes perpetrators. Highly relevant to 'White Slavery, the editor was brought up in Portsmouth, the maritime capital of England. From the age of five, in a much safer age, he regularly went exploring on board Lord Nelson's ship Victory for a decade plus (free at the time), so personally knows almost every square inch of it. In addition, this ‘reality novel' is based on generations of his family's real life history in the Maritime Service of the British Crown, helping build its colonial empire. Tales passed down from father to son over generations, of life at sea in square rigged men o' war during Britain's so-called golden age of colonialism, ensures that 'White Slavery' is totally authentic. 'White Slavery' received a ‘Book of the Year' nod in its 'faction' category, by one Western Reviewer in Thailand. Bill Bryson was his nominee in the Non-Fiction category. It has been said it could be a Booker Prize contender. 'White Slavery' - For King & Country, is close to being narrative non-fiction but with a graphic added punch. People have commented that every teenager should read this book and every school should stock it in their library. From the perspective of two young boys, it details a brutal, authentic, historically correct world of the past which contrasts dramatically with the relative comfort of children's lives today. 'White Slavery' is an obvious movie or TV Mini-Series? 'White Slavery' - For King & Country, has been considered worthy enough to be featured on the Australian National Library list, the Australian Embassy Library in Bangkok, the Chulalongkon University Library in Bangkok, the Open Library and others. It is always gratifying to have work considered literate by the guardians of literature. For the very first time, the truth revealed in its totality. Do ‘not' read this book if you are of a sensitive disposition or emanate from a sheltered personal background.

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