Debut novel: THE SECRET DIARIES OF CHARLES IGNATIUS SANCHO. Out 6 October. Available to pre-order now. https://t.co/80e6xytEHi
Oct 6, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
⭐️The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho is out today. I became obsessed with telling Sancho's story from 1999. Born on a slave ship, orphaned at three - shipped to England to be the pet of three sisters, he later became a musician, actor, butler, writer, valet and ... 1/4
Grocer! This allowed him to vote. The first known person of African origin to do so. TSDOCIS imagines his life from an interior perspective. I hope the picture it paints helps all Britons to see more vividly the story of their nation's past, in living, breathing Technicolor. 2/4