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The secret diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho : a novel / Paterson Joseph.
Van Pelt Library PR6110.O83 S43 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joseph, Paterson, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780--Fiction.
- Sancho, Ignatius.
- Black people--England--London--Fiction.
- Black people.
- Freed persons--England--London--Fiction.
- Freed persons.
- Abolitionists--England--London--Fiction.
- Abolitionists.
- London (England)--Social conditions--18th century--Fiction.
- London (England).
- Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780.
- Social conditions.
- England--London.
- Genre:
- Biographical fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 418 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First US edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2023.
- Summary:
- "A lush and immersive tale of adventure, artistry, romance, and freedom set in eighteenth-century London and inspired by a true story. "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 him--a kindly duke who taught him to write--is dying. Sancho is desperate and utterly alone. So how does the same 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 center of London life. And through it all, he must ask: Born among death, how much can he achieve in one short life?" -- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "First published in the UK in 2022 by Dialogue Books." -- verso of title page
- Portraits on endpapers.
- ISBN:
- 9781250880376
- 1250880378
- OCLC:
- 1310768378
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