At her majesty's request : an African princess in Victorian England
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : Scholastic Press, c1999.
Physical Description
xii, 146 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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.
Subjects
- Missionaries' spouses > Africa, West > Biography.
- Africans > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
- Princesses > Nigeria > Oyo State > Biography.
- Nigerians > Great Britain > Biography.
- Great Britain > Court and courtiers > History > 19th century.
- Bonetta, Sarah Forbes, 1843?-1880
- Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 > Friends and associates.