The secret diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
Joseph, Paterson2022
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It's 1746 and Georgian London is not a safe place for a young Black man, especially one who has escaped slavery. After the twinkling lights in the Fleet Street coffee shops are blown out and the great houses have closed their doors for the night, Sancho must dodge slave catchers and worse. The man he hoped would help - a kindly duke who taught him to write - is dying. Sancho is desperate and utterly alone. So how does Charles Ignatius Sancho meet the King, write and play highly acclaimed music, become the first Black person to vote in Britain and lead the fight to end slavery? It's time for him to tell his story, one that begins on a tempestuous Atlantic Ocean, and ends at the very centre of London life. And through it all, he must ask: born amongst death, how much can you achieve in one short life?
The secret diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho / Paterson Joseph.
Joseph, Paterson, author
London : Dialogue Books, 2022.
ix, 411 pages ; 24 cm
9780349702391 (hbk. :)
English
5324237
Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Hampton Hill Library | Adult Fiction | Fiction - Historical | Available |
Kew Library | Adult Fiction | Fiction - Historical | Available |
Richmond Lending Library | Adult Fiction | Fiction - Historical | Available |
Teddington Library | Adult Fiction | Fiction - Historical | Available |