Based on a true story, the utterly gripping and heartbreaking historical novel by acclaimed actor and amateur historian, @patersondjoseph 📖 🌊 "Absolutely loving this . . . A great storyteller" @davidharewood 🌊 "Phenomenal! Highly recommended" @malorie_blackman 🌊 "An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel" @stephenfryactually COMING 6 OCTOBER. AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER 🗓️ Make a wish on Netgalley. About the book: It's 1746 and Georgian London is not a safe place for a young Black man, especially one who has escaped slavery. After the twinkling lights in the Fleet Street coffee shops are blown out and the great houses have closed their doors for the night, Sancho must dodge slave catchers and worse. The man he hoped would help - a kindly duke who taught him to write - is dying. Sancho is desperate and utterly alone. So how does Charles Ignatius Sancho meet the King, write and play highly acclaimed music, become the first Black person to vote in Britain and lead the fight to end slavery? It's time for him to tell his story, one that begins on a tempestuous Atlantic Ocean, and ends at the very centre of London life. And through it all, he must ask: born amongst death, how much can you achieve in one short life? 🎨: @micaelaalcainodesign #SecretDiariesofSancho #PatersonJoseph #HistoricalFiction #Sancho #CharlesIgnatiusSancho #BeautifulBooks #MicaelaAlcaino #Bookstagram #IGReads #ReadingLists #DiscoverDialogue #DialogueBooks #BlackHistory #DiversifyYourBookshelf