'Dr Anderson has written a scintillating, intelligent and readable book...' - M.N. Pearson, Lennox Head, Australia, The Northern Mariner
'Clare Anderson's book is the first detailed study of a hitherto neglected aspect of Mauritian history - the importation of convicts from India in the early 19th century - but it is also much more than this. Dr Anderson does an admirable job in placing the Mauritius convict experience within a wider theoretical and historical context...the convict lives which [she] has painstakingly recreated make this history a riveting read. She has the rare skill of combining academic precision with the ability to tell a good story.' - Mauritian International
'Overall, the work is concise, coherent and cogent...' - Patricia Kennedy, International Journal of Maritime History