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The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
“An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel” STEPHEN FRY
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Little, Brown and Company Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: 5L65QWY
EAN: 9780349702384
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Beschreibung
I had little right to live, born on a slave ship where my parents both died. But I survived, and indeed, you might say I did more. 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. 'I read with alternating fascination, dread, hilarity, admiration, sorrow and triumph for a full life rendered with such animation, brilliance and understanding. Told in wonderful prose and with dazzling energy and brilliant panache. Hugely recommended' Stephen Fry.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Paterson Joseph
Thema
- Belletristik: Allgemein
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2022
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Detailformat
- Softcover
Anzahl Seiten
- 432