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 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 centre of London life. And through it all, he must ask: Born among death, how much can he achieve in one short life?
Main title:
The secret diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho / Paterson Joseph.
Author:
Joseph, Paterson, author
Imprint:
London : Dialogue Books, 2022.©2022
Collation:
ix, 411 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
97803497023849780349702384 (paperback)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780 -- FictionMen, Black -- England -- London -- FictionSlavery -- England -- London -- FictionImmigrants -- England -- London -- FictionLondon (England) -- Social conditions -- 18th century -- FictionLondon (England) -- History -- 18th century -- FictionHistorical fictionBiographical fiction
BRN:
744960
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Fiction | JOSE | Available |
| Southbank Library | Fiction | JOSE | Available |