Recognition and Praise

A New Statesman Best Book of the Year 2023. A Waterstones Book of the Year 2023. An Economist Book of the Year. One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best History Books of 2023. A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2023. Winner of the Voltaire Medal.

''An untold story of colonial history, both epic and intimate, and a thrilling revelation'' Adam Rutherford

''Mind-blowing . . . this is how history should be told'' Benjamin Zephaniah

About the Book

In this groundbreaking new history, Caroline Dodds Pennock recovers the long-marginalised stories of the Indigenous Americans who - as enslaved people, diplomats, explorers, servants and traders - left a profound impact on European civilisation in the Age of Discovery. On Savage Shores is a sweeping account of power and influence in America and Europe - one which could forever change the way we understand our global history.