by Walter Dean Myers · Scholastic Inc. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780590486705
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«At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England» is the young adult biography by Walter Dean Myers, published by Scholastic Inc. in paperback.
It tells the true story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a girl destined to die in a Dahomey ritual and saved in 1849 by a British captain, who took her to England as a gift for Queen Victoria. Protected by the court, Sarah grew up between two cultures, lived in England and Sierra Leone, and eventually married an African missionary.
Myers reconstructed her life from original letters, Queen Victoria's diary, and Captain Forbes's account. The book was published in 1999.
Suitable reading for young people and adults interested in historical biographies and Victorian England.
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