Fiction featuring Care Experience
The Other Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria's Goddaughter
Denny S Bryce
2024
Based on the true story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, an African princess who was raised in Queen Victoria's court after being rescued from enslavement/sacrifice by Captain Forbes at Dahomey. At the age of seven she was presented to the Queen as a "gift." Seen as an exotic trophy, Sarah used her intelligence, linguistic talents, and musical abilities to navigate life in Victorian England. Despite her privileged upbringing, Sarah was haunted by her traumatic past and sought a sense of belonging and safety. Her journey takes her from West Africa to England and back, as she battles racism and oppression while searching for home, family, love, and her identity as a Yoruba princess. Based on the real-life story of Queen Victoria's Black goddaughter, it is a saga of resilience and survival in two vastly different worlds.