Mad Blood Stirring - Tapa dura

Wonderful--a story I never heard before, told with style, pace, character, texture, and tension. Bliss.--Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author

The passions unleashed in this riveting account places black against white, Americans against Britons, and the stirring soul of a forbidden love caught in between. It's a rapid page-turner with dark humor, intellectual heft, and a gallery of deeply human characters that shake our spirits.--Sir Kenneth Branagh

Truth regularly outdoes fiction in this unpredictable book. Rollicking fun, written with rude energy and humor.

Mayo has shone a dramatic spotlight on a hotbed of racial tension and a unique pursuit of creativity that will leave readers rapt from the story's beginning to its conclusion.

Instructive as well as entertaining. Mayo's book dazzles.

The war of 1812 is over, but for the inmates at Dartmoor Prison, peace—like home—is still a long way away.On New Year’s Eve 1814, the American sailors of the Eagle finally arrive at Dartmoor prison, bedraggled, exhausted, but burning with hope. They’ve only had one thing to sustain them during the har- rowing voyage—a snatched whisper overheard along the way. The war is finally over.Joe Hill thought he’d left the war outside these walls but it’s quickly clear that there’s a different type of fight to be had within. The seven prison blocks surrounding him have been segregated; six white and one black.Inspired by true events, this novel recounts the remarkable story of the first ever all-black Shakespeare production, staged by segregated American prisoners of war. It is a story of hope and freedom, of loss and suffering. It is a story about how sometimes, in our darkest hour, it can be the most unlikely of things that see us through.