"Exceptional…a necessity for the tourist whose tastes are broader than pink sands…an excellent portrait of the Caribbean." —ForeWord
"The author, James Ferguson, has his research antennae finely tuned to the politics of Latin America and the Caribbean and his book will provide a valuable reference tool for students as well as travellers…the sweep of early Caribbean history is given a sustained and detailed examination, unexpected in a slim volume meant only to edify the traveller. Indeed the whole book is a work of considerable scholarship…" —Weekly Gleaner