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At the beginning of the 1650s- England was in ruins - wrecked- impoverished- grief-stricken by plague and civil war. Yet shimmering on the horizon was an intoxicating possibility- a vision of paradise: Willoughbyland.Ambitious and free-thinking adventurers poured in- attracted by the toleration- the optimism- the rich soil and the promise of the gold of El Dorado. It was Englands most hopeful colony. But the Restoration saw the end of political freedom- and brought in its place spies- war- rebellion and treachery. The advent of racial slavery poisoned everything. What started out as a heaven was soon to become one of the cruellest places on earth.The history of Willoughbyland is a microcosm of empire- its heady attractions and fatal dangers....