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The other princess : a novel inspired by the remarkable life of Queen Victoria's African goddaughter
Bryce, Denny S.2024
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A princess enslaved becomes goddaughter to a queen. By the time she was seven years old, Aina had been born into life as an Egbado princess, witnessed the brutal killing of her entire family, and had been enslaved to a rival chieftain. With a death sentence hanging over her head, she would also face being bartered as an exotic trophy, renamed and presented to the distant Queen Victoria as a 'gift'. From traumatic beginnings, Sarah Forbes Bonetta's will to survive led her to negotiate Her Majesty's court, cultivate friends in high places and to flourish in a world far removed from her rural African upbringing.
Bryce, Denny S., author
London : Allison & Busby Limited, 2024.
448 pages ; 20 cm
9780749030643 (pbk)
813.6
English
1497136