Following a 40-year maritime career, Edwards retired to rural South Wales to pursue a second career as a writer; he has written numerous books, including eight others published by Pen and Sword Books over the past seven years. His latest work focuses on the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1807, and its enforcement by the Royal Navy's African Squadron, whose mission was to stop and search ships suspected of carrying slaves from Africa to the Americas and the Middle East. Academic but accessible to the general reader. Distributed in the U.S. by Casemate. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)