Uwe Glüsenkamp presents in this monograph the fate of a group of Jesuit missionaries who were expelled from the Spanish and Portuguese overseas territories in 1759 (by Portugal) and 1767 (by Spain). He explores their fate after the expulsion and how they coped with the destruction of their order by Pope Clement xiv in 1773. Focusing on a relatively small number of individuals – ninety-nine missionaries from three German Jesuit provinces – he discusses the reasons behind the two decisions as well as the differences in their destiny depending on whether they had lived in a Spanish or Portuguese colony. Glüsenkamp presents detailed information about the cruelty of the voyages from overseas to the Spanish and Portuguese ports, the daily terror in the prisons in Spain and Portugal, as well as the difficult journey home once they were finally freed. Though the author does not explain his decision to select missionaries from these three areas, the richness of the material that he was able to find in archives in Germany, Spain and Italy supports his decision to confine himself to ninety-nine individuals. Remarkable in particular is the range of writings by the missionaries themselves (in addition to reports about the expulsion he found letters, poems, sermons and even some academic work). Glüsenkamp was able to trace their life stories from Spain and Portugal to their home houses and further on. He has even included pictures of gravestones. The result of his meticulous search is a diverse and fascinating picture of an often overlooked group. However, a weakness of the publication is that the author has failed to transform his Mainz PhD thesis into a widely accessible book; in particular the tedious structure weakens the reading quality.