Though the Heavens May Fall: The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery Comics & Graphic Novels Publisher Description: A new annotated

Publisher Description: A new annotated translation of the keystone of Balzac's Comédie Humaine--a sweeping narrative of corrupted idealism in a cynical urban milieu

and unforgettable characters" (David Grann

selfishness and sacrifice

Aki may be wavering

was sexually reckless and afflicted with syphilis--went straight up against the Victorian moral grain

Though the Heavens May Fall: The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery Comics & Graphic Novels Publisher Description: A new annotatedTitle: Though the Heavens May Fall: The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery Author: Steven M Wise ISBN: 9780306814501 Publisher: Da Capo Press Published: 2006 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: Reprint Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: How one man's case changed the trajectory of slavery and the global abolition movement forever. The case of James Somerset, an escaped slave, in June of 1772 in