The Diary of Sarah Forbes Bonetta: A Novel

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<p><strong>"<em>[Victoria Princewill's] real skill, in this highly engaging book, is to create a convincing Victorian heroine to whose emotional highs and lows any modern reader will relate. </em>" - The Daily Telegraph <p><strong>Highly Commended for the Historical Association's Young Quills Award 2024 </strong></p><strong>A powerful retelling of the extraordinary life of orphaned African princess, Sarah Forbes Bonetta.</strong><p><strong><em>"You are not an aristocrat. An aristocrat is born to a noble family. You were born into royalty. You are a princess."</em></strong></p><p>Set in 1860, this is the <strong>story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta</strong>, the intelligent, multilingual Yoruba <strong>princess from West Africa</strong> who became the <strong>protégé of the British Queen Victoria</strong>.</p><p>On the evening of her seventeenth birthday, she is told that her old name, her <em>real </em>name is Aina. Oma'ba Aina from the fallen Oyo Empire.</p><p>Equipped with this knowledge, Sarah attempts to navigate life as a foster daughter, a protégé and a young black girl in Victorian England. But can one really feel like royalty when the freedom of autonomy is something so far out of reach for a person of her gender and race?</p><p><strong>Victoria Princewill reimagines Sarah's life in England, telling the story of a girl living between two cultures, trying to create, and assert, her own identity.</strong></p><ul><li>The first of two titles from Victoria that will focus on real Black women born into royalty</li><li>A very exciting new voice in YA fiction</li><li>Victoria aims to to shed light on women's stories that have been forgotten by history</li><li>From the author of <em>In the Palace of the Flowers.</em></li></ul></strong></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780702311482

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

199 x 132 x 30 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Scholastic