Exiles Av William Atkins

<p><font><b>A luminous exploration of exile ¿ the people who have experienced it, and the places they inhabit ¿ from the award-winning travel writer and author of <i>The Immeasurable</i><i>World</i> and <i>The Moor.</i></b></font><br><br>''Breathtakingly good . . . <i>Exiles</i> is completely sui generis.''<br><b>EDMUND DE WAAL</b><br><br>''Atkins spins a marvellous tapestry of colourful tales, beautifully weaving history and travel accounts.''<br><b>ANDREA WULF</b>, author of <i>The Invention of Nature</i><br><br>''A volume for our times.''<br><b>SARA WHEELER, </b><b><i>THE SPECTATOR</i></b><br><br>''A fascinating study of exile and its effects.''<br><b><i>OBSERVER<br></i></b><br>This is the story of three unheralded nineteenth-century dissidents, whose lives were profoundly shaped by the winds of empire, nationalism and autocracy that continue to blow strongly today: Louise Michel, a leader of the radical socialist government known as the Paris Commune; Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo