At her majesty's request : an African princess in Victorian England / by Walter Dean Myers
Object Details
- Author
- Myers, Walter Dean 1937-2014-
- Subject
- Bonetta, Sarah Forbes 1843?-1880
- Victoria Queen of Great Britain 1819-1901 Friends and associates
- AFA copy 39088016057465 gift from Janet Stanley
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1848-Capture -- 1850-England for the first time -- 1851-Back to Africa -- 1855-England once again -- 1860-Decision -- 1862-Sarah's marriage -- 1880-Madeira - Final days -- Epilogue -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments and credits
- Summary
- Biography of the African princess saved from execution and taken to England where Queen Victoria oversaw her upbringing and where she lived for a time before marrying an African missionary.
- 1999
- 19th century
- Type
- Biography
- Juvenile literature
- Physical description
- xii, 146 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm
- Place
- Africa, West
- Great Britain
- Nigeria
- Oyo State
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Missionaries' spouses
- Africans--History
- Princesses
- Nigerians
- Court and courtiers
- History
- Record ID
- siris_sil_1004539
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
