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THE SECRET DIARIES OF CHARLES IGNATIUS SANCHO
By: Paterson Joseph
Holt Paperbacks
April 2024
On Sale: April 9, 2024
432 pages
ISBN: 1250880394
EAN: 9781250880390
Kindle: B09Y45PDSK
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Multicultural African-American | Historical
Named one of NPR's Books We Love
It’s finally time for Charles Ignatius Sancho to tell his story, one that begins on a slave ship in the Atlantic and ends at the very center of London life. . . . A lush and immersive tale of adventure, artistry, romance, and freedom set in eighteenth-century England and based on a true story
It’s 1746 and Georgian London is not a safe place for a young Black man. Charles Ignatius Sancho must dodge slave catchers and worse, and his main ally—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? Through every moment of this rich, exuberant tale, Sancho forges ahead to see how much he can achieve in one short life: “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.”
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