{"product_id":"9780702311482-sarah-forbes-bonetta","title":"The Diary of Sarah Forbes Bonetta: A Novel","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA powerful retelling of the extraordinary life of orphaned Africanprincess, Sarah Forbes Bonetta.\u003cbr\u003e“[Victoria Princewill's] real skill, in this      highly engaging book, is to create a convincing Victorian heroine      to whose emotional highs and lows any modern reader will relate.      ” - The Daily Telegraph      Highly Commended for the Historical Association's Young      Quills Award 2024            A powerful retelling of the extraordinary life of orphaned      African princess, Sarah Forbes Bonetta.      \"You are not an aristocrat. An aristocrat is born      to a noble family. You were born into royalty. You are a princess.\"      Set in 1860, this is the story of Sarah Forbes      Bonetta, the intelligent, multilingual Yoruba princess      from West Africa who became the protégé of      the British Queen Victoria.      On the evening of her seventeenth birthday, she is told that her      old name, her real name is Aina. Oma'ba Aina      from the fallen Oyo Empire.      Equipped with this knowledge, Sarah attempts to navigate life      as a foster daughter, a protégé and a young black girl      in Victorian England. But can one really feel like royalty when      the freedom of autonomy is something so far out of reach for a      person of her gender and race?      Victoria Princewill reimagines Sarah's life in England,      telling the story of a girl living between two cultures, trying      to create, and assert, her own identity.            The first of two titles from Victoria that will focus on real      Black women born into royalty      A very exciting new voice in YA fiction      Victoria aims to to shed light on women's stories that have been      forgotten by history      From the author of In the Palace of the Flowers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40672744931425,"sku":"9780702311482","price":6.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28743374.jpg?v=1722845712","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780702311482-sarah-forbes-bonetta","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}