Sugar

Christopher Pilie's "Sugar" is a riveting historical novel set in late 18th Century Saint-Domingue, now known as Haiti. It offers a stirring narrative of the beginning of the Haitian Revolution through the eyes of slaves fighting for freedom, the minority Grand Blancs, and the Affranchis—all ensnared in a rigid caste system. This epic tale weaves through the intellectual debates of the Enlightenment and the violent uprisings against the French colonial powers. Readers will find themselves a...